Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
“The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.” St. John of the Cross
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” — The Fellowship of the Ring
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Beauty remains, even in misfortune.” Anne Frank
“God has such gladness every time he sees from heaven that a sinner is praying to Him with all his heart, as a mother has when she sees the first smile on her baby’s face.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
