Inspirational thoughts

“Holiness does not consist in one exercise or another, bu is a disposition of the heart, which renders us humble and little in the hands of God, conscious of our weakness, and confident, even daringly confident, in His fatherly goodness.” — St. Therese of Lisieux

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?” –George Eliot, Middlemarch

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“We are here in the region where the feet of Christ, the Saviour of the world, trod two thousand years ago. The Holy Scriptures teach us that Jesus went to preach beyond the borders of the Palestine of that time, that he visited also the territory of the ten cities of the Decapolis — Tyre and Sidon in particular — and that he worked miracles there. Men and women of Lebanon, the Son of God himself was the first to preach the Good News to your ancestors. This is an extraordinary privilege.” St. John Paul II in Lebanon

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” — The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

“In God’s will, there is great peace.” – Saint Josephine Bakhita

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” –Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” –Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God