Thadeus

“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“These people who are always talking, reading, and thinking about sex are like singers who think more about their larynx than about singing. They make that which is subordinate to a higher purpose so all important that the harmony of life is upset.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Victory Over Vice

“I never said a person was not in a hopeful way who did not thus fully discern the world’s vanity and the worth of his soul. But a man is truly in a very desperate way who does not wish, who does not try, to discern and feel all this.”
― John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons

“It is my sincere hope that this book, through a combination of informative text and useful exercises, will cultivate an effect similar to that of my friend’s near-death experience; that it will bring you a vivid and profound appreciation of your limited time on earth, and help you clarify your values and live a richer, fuller, and more authentic life.”
― Joanna Ebenstein, Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life