Inspirational thoughts

“One American put it this way: ‘Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith’.” President Ike Eisenhower

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” William Faulkner

“It is not enough to be busy…The question is: what are we busy about?” Henry David Thoreau

“The value of our Life does not depend on the place we occupy. It depends on the way We occupy that place. “    –St. Theresa of the Child Jesus

“The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.” Thomas Merton

“We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their face away.” Walker Percy

“The best armor is to keep out of range.” Italian proverb

“Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?” Walker Percy

“What men call fame is, after all, but a very windy thing. A man thinks that many are praising him, and talking of him alone, and yet they spend but a very small part of the day thinking of him, being occupied with things of their own.” St. Thomas More

“You heard me, only Friend whom I love. To ravish my heart, you became man. You shed your blood, what a supreme mystery!… And you still live for me on the Altar. If I cannot see the brilliance of your Face Or hear your sweet voice, O my God, I can live by your grace, I can rest on your Sacred Heart!” St. Therese of Lisieux