Inspirational thoughts

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway

“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” – Galileo Galilei

“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.” David Foster Wallace

“Now let the heavens be joyful,
Let earth her song begin:
Let the round world keep triumph,
And all that is therein;
Invisible and visible,
Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord is risen
Our joy that hath no end.”
– Saint John of Damascus

“Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness.  A great stillness because the King is asleep.  The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and has raised up all who have slept since the world began… ” I order you, O sleeper, to awake.  I did not create you to be a prisoner in hell.  Rise from the dead, for I am the life of the dead.” (Liturgy of the Hours, Holy Saturday)

“Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

“When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.”  St. Mother Teresa

“The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” St. Mother Teresa

“The Rosary works miracles in your life and in the world around you.” Our Lady, Queen of Peace