"If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant." --Sefer Hasidim

"I do not fel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei

"God forsook his own Son...so that he would never have to forsake you! And because of those dark hours two thousand years ago, God can say to [you], 'I will never leave you...I will neverforsake you,'." --Joni Eareckson Tada

• Said to myself, as I'm driving to work and pass two puppies on a walk, "Awwww, I want a dog! I want a puppy!"
• Said to whoever was listening at a friends house, "Awww, your baby is so cute! I want a baby. So cute!"
• To no one in particular, "Why do we let our clients do stupid things? Why why why?"
• In response to inquiries about SteelersBoy ( Read more... )

Unofficial English translation of Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with priests from the Diocese of Rome last week. It's long and there's a lot to take in. But it is amazing!

“Suffering asks the great questions of life. In itself suffering is only a by-product of life as we know it, a consequence of our fragile existence and wounded nature. But it becomes the occasion for faith and hope, and even for love.” --Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.

"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." --Mark Twain ( Read more... )

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." --Sir Francis Bacon

"…Go for holiness.  If this is the passion that drives us, the priority that orders everything else, all the failures and trials, all the opportunities and risks in our lives can be transformed.  They can be seen as ways to grow in holiness.Failure is an opportunity to grow in humility.Frustration is a way to grow in patience. Suffering links us to ( Read more... )

"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience." --Anatole Broyard ( Read more... )