Michael Sliney

“But it is possible, it is possible: the old grief, by a great mystery of human life, gradually passes into quiet, tender joy; instead of young, ebullient blood comes a mild, serene old age: I bless the sun’s rising each day and my heart sings to it as before, but now I love its setting even more, its long slanting rays, and with them quiet, mild, tender memories, dear images from the whole of a long and blessed life–and over all is God’s truth, moving, reconciling, all-forgiving.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.” Leo Tolstoy

“Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.” St. John of the Cross

“Once the process [of conversion] is begun and continues…you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity…you have to see this selfish side of yourself in order to turn away from it.” Flannery O’Connor

“To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.” St. Teresa of Avila