David Berger

“What is now called free thought is valued, not because it is free thought, but because it is freedom from thought; because it is free thoughtlessness.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Catholic Church and Conversion

“Why must we give ourselves fully to God? Because God has given Himself to us. If God who owes nothing to us is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves? To give ourselves fully to God is a means of receiving God Himself. I for God and God for me. I live for God and give up my own self, and in this way induce God to live for me. Therefore to possess God we must allow Him to possess our soul.5”
― Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta

“God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't. In this trial He makes us occupy the dock, the witness box, and the bench all at once. He always knew that my temple was a house of cards. His only way of making me realize the fact was to knock it down.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference towards one’s neighbor… . [P]eople today are hungry for love, for understanding love which is much greater and which is the only answer to loneliness and great poverty.”82 By accepting her own thirst (with”
― Michael E. Gaitley, 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration