“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
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“The Christian life is a process of better understanding what Jesus taught, learning to apply that teaching in our everyday lives, and then teaching others - people directly around us and people on the other side of the globe - to do the same.”
― Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples
― Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples
“The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong.”
― PIECES OF EIGHT
― PIECES OF EIGHT
“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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