Inspirational thoughts

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“We think about mortality so little, these days, except to flail hysterically at it with trendy forms of exercise and high-fiber cereals and nicotine patches.”
— Tana French

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” – Paradise Lost by John Milton

“Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.”

-St. John of The Cross

“No one is ever holy without suffering.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“See how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.” Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“After all, tomorrow is another day.” — Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“You will never be happy if your happiness depends on getting solely what you want.  Change the focus.  Get a new center.  Will what God wills, and your joy no man shall take from you.”  Venerable Fulton Sheen

‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.'” – Charlotte’s Webb, E.B White.