“It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.”

• St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

“Climb mountains, not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.”

— David McCoullough Jr.

“You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.” — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip

“With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.”

• St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.” – C.S Lewis

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul…Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.” G.K. Chesterton

“Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, in His exceeding love.” St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar.” St. Maximillian Kolbe

“If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable, we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.” St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.” St. Paul VI