Catherine

“(A Jesuit and a Franciscan are walking through a garden, silently engaged in prayer, when the Jesuit pulls out and lights up a big cigar. The Franciscan whispers, “My spiritual director says one should not smoke while one prays.” The Jesuit replies, “Mine said it’s all right if I pray while I smoke.”)”
― Guy Consolmagno, God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion

“On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know.
On the other, the universe of the clouds, so full of unknown that it seems empty to us. Too much space.”
― Philippe Petit, To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers

“I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the conventional slaughter plants and use as a means to shape people's behavior. It would help prevent people from becoming numbed, callous, or cruel. The ritual could be something very simple, such as a moment of silence. In addition to developing better designs and making equipment to insure the humane treatments of all animals, that would be my contribution.”
― Temple Grandin, Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism

“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh