Sliney Central

“I have come to think that care of the soul requires a high degree of resistance to the culture around us, simply because that culture is dedicated to values that have no concern for the soul.”  Thomas Merton

“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?” – George Eliot

“As Christ said, the seed in the ground must die. To be a seed in the ground of one’s very life is to dissolve in that ground in order to become fruitful. One disappears into Love, in order to ‘be Love.’”  Thomas Merton

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.” – George Eliot