“Far better for you to say: I am a sinner than to say: I have no need of religion. The empty can be filled, but the self intoxicated have no room for God.”
-Ven. Fulton J. Sheen
Understanding others…
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” — Harper Lee
Understanding the other’s perspective
Forgiveness
“If one by one we counted people out, for the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long to get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.” Mark Twain
Forgiveness
Courage
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” Jane Austen
Courage to do God’s will
Into the light…
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck
Through the dark into the light!
Reaching out
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for the others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
– AA Milne (Winnie The Pooh)