Inspirational thoughts

“God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with desire that men know of them.” St. John of the Cross

“Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.” St. John of the Cross

“The soul that is quick to turn to speaking and conversing is slow to turn to God.” St. John of the Cross

“God has to work in the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening, and what Mystery, transformation, God and Grace will eventually ask of us, we would either try to take charge or stop the whole process.”  St. John of the Cross

“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

“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”  David Foster Wallace