Wednesday, July 20, 2011

True confidence in God

He who is filled with true confidence in God clings, in the presence of all things that by themselves justly arouse his anxiety, to the supreme reality and the omnipotent love and mercy of God.
--Dietrich von Hildebrand in Transformation in Christ

Friday, July 15, 2011

To the house of thy friend

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
--Author unknown

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Not a single beauty

There is not a single beauty in the million-million shades which embellish the flowers of grove or garden or field, or clothe, at dawn or noontide or sunset, the face of earth and heaven, which is not a creation of glorious light, the visible image of His divine countenance in Whom is the source of all splendor and life and beauty.
--Rev. Bernard O'Reilly in The Mirror of True Womanhood

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Not the cry

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

Saturday, July 9, 2011

To wish him well

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

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Love

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

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Courage

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