Cole Ramirez

“It is better to paint virtue to be imitated than vice to be shunned.”
― Lydia Maria Francis Child, Mother's Book

“The sowing of the seed produces fruit in proportion to the receptivity of the soil. Revelation is subtle. It does not bludgeon unbelievers into acceptance, but charms the heart of those willing to be wooed.”
― Michael Casey, Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina

“A curious contradiction which any child soon sees through occurs when his parents expect to control him when they cannot control themselves.”
― Roy Lessin, How to Be the Parents of Happy And Obedient Children

“A marriage, or a marriage partner, may be compared to a great tree growing right up through the center of one’s living room. It is something that is just there, and it is huge, and everything has been built around it, and wherever one happens to be going––to the fridge, to bed, to the bathroom, or out the front door––the tree has to be taken into account. It cannot be gone through; it must respectfully be gone around. It is somehow bigger and stronger than oneself. True, it could be chopped down, but not without tearing the house apart. And certainly it is beautiful, unique, exotic; but also, let’s face it, it is at times an enormous inconvenience.”
― Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle