Inspirational thoughts

“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

“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

“Good friends find pleasure in one another’s company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who can do everything for us, a friend who loves us beyond measure. Here in the Blessed Sacrament we can talk to him straight from the heart.”

St Alphonsus de Liguori