Inspirational thoughts

“Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.” Pope St. Felix III

“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.”

G.K. Chesterton

“Be proud, be proud to be Catholic.” St. John Paul II at Denver, World Youth Day 1993

“It should be known that if anyone is seeking God, the Beloved is seeking that person much more.”
—San Juan de la Cruz

“We should think of others not as objects to be used, or annoying people in the way of realizing our projects, but rather as those whom we are called to serve. Instead of saying, “Why is this annoying person in my way?” we should ask, “What opportunity for evangelization has presented itself?” Has God put this person in your life precisely for this purpose? Reflect: How are evangelization and love connected?” Bishop Robert Barron

“We should fight, not to attain holiness as a result of our own efforts, but to let God act in us without our putting up any resistance against him; we should fight to open ourselves as fully as possible to his grace, which sanctifies us.” Fr. Jacques Philippe

“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are … it is our choices.”

– Dumbledore

“I know someone will ask me, ‘Do you really mean, at this time of day, to re-introduce our old friend the devil—hoofs and horns and all?’ Well, what the time of day has to do with it I do not know. And I am not particular about the hoofs and horns.” CS Lewis

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.”  – Evening Solace (poem) Charlotte Bronte

“Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end.” St. Ignatius of Loyola