Inspirational thoughts

“Peace is built in the heart and from the heart, by eliminating pride and vindictiveness and carefully choosing our words.” — Pope Leo XIV, Address to members of the diplomatic corps, May 16, 2025.

“IN THE END… We only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.” Lewis Carroll

“Falling in life is inevitable. Staying down is optional.”
– Carrie Johnson, Olympic Kayaker

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”  Plato

“A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?” —  East of Eden by John Steinbeck

“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning.” – Man’s Search for meaning by Viktor Frankl

“In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.” St. John of the Cross

“Better never means better for everyone… It always means worse, for some.” – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

“Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it’s a big part, and sometimes it isn’t, but either way, it’s a part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you’re alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.”

-Jim Butcher

“If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory.” —Mark Twain