You must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.
That conversation. . . was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance for it strongly!
Our Lady listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing the divine will.
Among us there is no place for the lukewarm. Humble yourself, and Christ will kindle in you again the fire of love.
Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.
Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!
God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.
The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.
I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard.
It is strange how your understanding of a play changes. It normally happens after a performance and you suddenly think, 'So that's what that line really means' - it's like a light going on.
With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where did the Constitution say anything about English?