Inspirational thoughts

“And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.” George Eliot, Middlemarch

“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”-St. Jerome

“And when the Count’s parents succumbed to cholera within hours of each other in 1900, it was the Grand Duke who took the young Count aside and explained that he must be strong for his sister’s sake; that adversity presents itself in many forms; and that if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.” Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“Wanting is the beginning of getting.” Rumer Godden

“If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.”-St. John of the Cross

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)

“The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.” ― St. Philip Neri

“If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.” St. Teresa of Avila