Inspirational thoughts

“Mother Theresa of Calcutta wrote to me: ‘The important thing is not how many actions we perform, but the intensity of love that we put into each action.’ How does one reach this intensity of love in the present moment? I simply recall that I must live each day, each moment as if it were the last of my life. I leave aside everything accidental and concentrate only on the essential; then each word, each gesture, each telephone call, and each decision I make is the most beautiful of my life. I give my love to everyone; I am afraid of wasting even one second by living it without meaning.” “I am not going to wait. I will live each present moment, filling it to the brim with love.” Cardinal Nguyen, a holy Vietnamese Cardinal who spent 13 years in prison, 9 of them in solitary confinement, under the Communist Government from 1975 until 1988.

“Know, O Christian, that the Mass is the holiest act of religion. You cannot do anything to glorify God more, nor profit your soul more, than by devoutly assisting at it, and assisting as often as possible.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard

“You’re going to die. You’re going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we’re just going to be gone. The world’s going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.” Bob Dylan

“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” Bob Dylan

“It’s the little things that smooths people’s roads the most.” Mark Twain

“…as soon as a man ceases to improve, he goes backward.” Teddy Roosevelt

“The measure of love is to love without measure.” St. Pius XII

“American boyhood should be resourceful and inventive so that the American man of the future may be ever ready to help in the hour of the nation’s need.” Teddy Roosevelt