Not the cry

Not the cry, but the flight of the wild bird leads the flock to fly and to follow."
--Chinese proverb

To wish him well

What is meant by love? To love a person is to wish him well.
--Right Rev. Msgr. John S. Vaughan

Love

We must begin with love, continue with love, and end with love.
--Saint Francis de Sales

Courage

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

--C.S. Lewis

Against the current

We who, by the Grace of God, have been blessed with the protection of the Church’s law and authority, can never quite understand why any one can ever think that obedience to that law and authority is enslaving. On the contrary, it is positively romantic. The laws and doctrines of the Church are not dams which stop up the river of Thought; they are levees which prevent that river from overflowing the countryside. They are not wrenches thrown into the machinery of life, but oils which make it run more smoothly. It is easy to fall into the excesses of the modern world, just as it is easy to fall off a log. It is easy to float down stream with the popular fancies – even dead bodies can float down stream. But it is exhilarating to fight against the current.

--Archbishop Fulton Sheen 

A good book

A good book is indeed a faithful friend, that will give us counsel without cowardice or flattery, on the one hand, and without any personal bitterness, on the other.
--Rev. Michael Mueller

Better and happier

Let no one come to you without leaving better and happier.
--Mother Teresa