Inspirational thoughts

“Those who look well after their own consciences rarely fall into the sin of judging others.” St. Francis de Sales

“Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God’s mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.” St. John Chrysostom

“Above all, avoid false accusations and the distortion of truth regarding your neighbor.” St. Francis de Sales

“Those who run best in the race do not think of the crowd which is looking at them.” St. Francis de Sales

“God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.”
– St. Mother Teresa

“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.” St. John Chrysostom

“Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things …as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.”- Teilhard de Chardin

“Little temptations to anger, suspicion, jealousy, envy, flirtation, vanity, frivolity, duplicity, affectation, deceit, unchaste thoughts – these are the trials which even the most devout and resolute person must constantly face.” St. Francis de Sales
The grace of going to regular Confession “has a remedial power and helps to remove the very roots of sin.” St. John Paul II

“I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, eyes –
I wonder if It weighs like Mine –
Or has an Easier size.” Emily Dickinson

 “I do not promise you happiness in this world, but in the next.” —Our Lady of Lourdes