Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” Leo Tolstoy. Any relationship starts with respect, but the bonds become deeper when there is a common love for Christ and you are united by a sacrificial and unconditional love!
“Life is passing, Eternity draws nigh: soon shall we live the very life of God. After having drunk deep at the fount of bitterness, our thirst will be quenched at the very source of all sweetness.” St. Therese of Lisieux
“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” George Eliot
“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” George Eliot
“Angry people are not always wise.” Jane Austen
“Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.” (from a letter to her niece, 1814) Jane Austen
“We’d forgive most things if we knew the facts.” Graham Greene
“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.” – George Eliot The key is to not get in God’s way, to not slow God down…
“The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.” – George Eliot Holy people shine like stars on a dark night…we need saints today more than ever!!
“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?” – George Eliot
