There is not enough lifetime for anyone to experience what all these Saints and famous impactful people experienced and shared. The sooner you get these, the sooner your life get into gear -- both on Earth and [on the Pathway-of-Holiness] to Heaven:
[1] “Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations but your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in but with what is still possible for you to do.” ~ Pope John XXIII
[2] "Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right." ~Pope Francis
[3] “Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.” ~ Pope John Paul II
[4] “Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.” ~St. Mother Teresa
[5] “A beautiful life does not just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice, and hard work.” ~St. Mother Teresa
[6] “Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.” ~St. Mother Teresa
[7] “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that our strength lies.” ~St. Mother Teresa
[8] “All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.” ~Pope Paul VI
[9] “People are made for happiness. Rightly, then, you thirst for happiness. Christ has the answer to this desire of yours. But he asks you to trust him. True joy is a victory, something which cannot be obtained without a long and difficult struggle. Christ holds the secret of this victory.” ~Pope John Paul II
[10] “Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.” ~Pope John Paul II
[11] “An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.” ~Pope Francis
[12] “There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.” ~St. Pope John Paul II
[13] “Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing.” ~St. Peter
[14] “Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.” ~St. Augustine
[15] “Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” St. Augustine
[16] “Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.” ~St. Augustine
[17] “The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.” ~St. Pope John Paul II
[18] “Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.” ~St. Pope John Paul II
[19] “Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.” ~St. Pope John Paul II
[20] “In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.” ~St. Pio of Pietrelcina
[21] “Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[22] “Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[23] “Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[24] “Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry.” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[25] “Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[26] “Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[27] “The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.” ~Pio of Pietrelcina
[28] “Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.” ~Therese of Lisieux
[29] “Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.” ~Therese of Lisieux
[30] “Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.” ~Therese of Lisieux
[31] “The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.” ~Therese of Lisieux
[32] “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.” ~John Vianney
[33] “Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public.” ~John Vianney
[34] “When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.” ~John Vianney
[35] “The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture ourselves: when we go to bed, when we awaken during the night, when we get up, when we begin any action, and, above all, when we are tempted.” ~John Vianney
[36] “The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.” ~John Vianney
[37] “Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.” ~Clare of Assisi
[38] “Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. If someone hurts you repeatedly, you are commanded by God to forgive them instantly, but you are not expected to trust them immediately, and you are not expected to continue allowing them to hurt you.” ~Rick Warren
[39] “Our time on earth and our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships, and resources are all gifts from God that he has entrusted to our care and management. We are stewards of whatever God gives us. This concept of stewardship begins with the recognition that God is the owner of everything and everyone on earth. ... We never actually own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans the earth to us while we're here. It was God's property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die.” ~Rick Warren
[40] “The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.” ~Rick Warren
[41] “Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.” ~Rick Warren
[42] “You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.” ~Rick Warren
[43] “You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.” ~Rick Warren
[44] “Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled underfoot by all and despised, accepting injustice, contempt and mockery; unless he undergoes all these things with joy for the sake of the Lord, not claiming any kind of human reward whatsoever - glory or honor or earthly pleasures - he cannot become a true Christian.” ~Mark the Evangelist
[45] “A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.” ~Mark the Evangelist
[46] “A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can take nothing out of it. So if we have enough of what we need, let us be content with that.” ~St. Timothy
[47] “If we strive for goals, relishing in the pleasure of circumstance, nothing is enjoyable, and life becomes purposeless.” ~St. Andrew the Apostle
[48] “Love is acceptance. When you love someone . . . you take them into your heart, and that is surely why it hurts so much when we lose someone we love, because we lose a part of ourselves.” ~St. Andrew the Apostle
[49] “To live without risk is to risk not living.” ~Pope Pius XII
[50] “The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on the Cross, Who is present in the Eucharist, and Who rules in Heaven.” ~Pope Pius XII
[51] “This practice of adoration is based on strong and solid reasons. For the Eucharist is at once a sacrifice and a sacrament; but it differs from the other sacraments in that it not only produces grace, but contains in a permanent manner the Author of Grace Himself. When, therefore, the Church bids us to adore Christ hidden behind the Eucharistic veils and to pray to Him for spiritual and temporal favors, of which we ever stand in need, she manifests faith in her divine Spouse who is present beneath these veils, she professes her gratitude to Him, and she enjoys the intimacy of His friendship.” ~Pope Pius XII
[52] “You lose nothing through peace. You can lose everything through war.” ~Pope Pius XII
[53] “The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this Bread [Jesus in the Eucharist], from which it derives strength to resist all temptations to sins of impurity, and by which it is more intimately united with the Divine Spouse; 'He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him'.” ~Pope Pius XII
[54] “The key to seeing why there should be a Eucharistic worship distinct from the Mass is that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ. No less than His contemporaries in Palestine adored and implored Him for the favors they needed, so we should praise, thank Him, and implore Him for what we need.” ~Pope Pius XII
[55] “To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating from the tabernacle, and it is to the Heart of Jesus that I dare go for the solution of all my problems.” ~Pope John XXIII
[56] “Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as if a wave of precious memories, sweet affections and joyful hopes swept over my poor person, making me tremble with happiness and filling my soul with tenderness. These are loving appeals from Jesus who wants me wholeheartedly there, at the source of all goodness, his Sacred Heart, throbbing mysteriously behind the Eucharistic veils... I love to repeat today 'Sweet Heart of my Jesus, make me love You more and more'.” ~Pope John XXIII
[57] “I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.” ~Pope John XXIII
[58] “Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.” ~Pope John XXIII
[59] “O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want to be to You like the apostle John. O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love..” ~Pope John XXIII
[60] “Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give.” ~Pope John XXIII
[61] “Justice comes before charity.” ~Pope John XXIII
[62] “I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
[63] “Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
[64] “Freedom is not only a gift, but a summons to personal responsibility.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
[65] “Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
[66] “The principle of sowing and reaping applies to every area of life. Whatever you sow in life, you’re going to reap. Whatever you deposit is going to be returned to you. If you sow criticism in life, you are going to reap criticism from other people. If you sow kindness, you’re going to reap kindness. It’s the law of the harvest: whenever you have a need, plant a seed. If you plant apple seeds, you don’t get pears; you get apples.” ~Rick Warren
[67] “A poor farmer and his wife found a goose that laid a daily golden egg. One day, they become impatient to get more golden eggs, so they decided to operate its belly but the goose died to no purpose and only to discover that the goose was no different from other geese. Instead of becoming richer, the coupled went back to poor.” ~Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Most Effective People
[68] "You play it your way; I play it Bach's way.” ~Rosalyn Tureck, pianist
[69] Jesus said, in effect, “The great secret of joy is that you have the right relationship with Me” ~Luke 10:20
[70] Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope. ~Rick Warren
[71] It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you can’t get it all done, it means you’re trying to do more than God intended for you to do. ~Rick Warren
[72] When you are doing what you love, no one has to motivate you. ~Rick Warren
[73] Only one life, ‘twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last. ~Charles Thomas Studd
[74] From Ashes to Ashes [Genesis 3:19b] -- Repent and believe the Gospel [Mark 1:15b]. ~Ash Wednesday
[75] “Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue.” ~Daniel 4:27; 34-37.
[76] “But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin”. ~Daniel 5:23b-25.
[77] Hurt people hurt others. Abused people abuse others. They are the ones who need love the most. It’s the megaphone of their pain. However, no mortals have enough capacity to love the unlovable unconditionally & only Christ has. So you need to drive them to Him. ~Rick Warren
[78] Comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for comfort, you will not get either comfort or truth – only wishful thinking to begin with and in the end, despair. If you look for Truth, you will find both Truth [and seek after holiness/virtue; without which no one will see God – Hebrews 12:14] and as a By-Product, comfort [peace and happiness] will well follow, in the end. ~C.S. Lewis
[79] Comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for comfort, in the end you will find Despair. If you look for Truth, you will find both Truth and as a By-Product, comfort [peace and joy] in the end. ~C.S. Lewis
[80] The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first—wanting to be the centre—wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of satan: and that was the sin/lie he taught the human race. ~C.S. Lewis
[81] What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could ‘be like gods’ – could set up on their own as if they had created themselves – be their own masters – invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history – money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery – the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. ~C.S. Lewis
[82] The reason why it [satan lies] can never succeed is this. God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. ~C.S. Lewis
[83] Give up yourself and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in. ~C.S. Lewis
[84] Exactly right. This is indeed the basic Christian understanding, yet we have an entire generation of Christian teachers and preachers who have totally lost this, and are preaching a me-centered gospel which must disappoint. A focus of self, our wants, our desires, and our lusts is exactly what Satan wants us to do - but not God. ~C.S. Lewis
[85] Jesus made the secret to happiness absolutely plain in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). Blessedness or happiness consists of being poor, being meek, mourning, being persecuted, and the like. That is the path to happiness. It is about denial of self, as Jesus spoke about so often. ~C.S. Lewis
[86] It certainly is not about being fixated on self, seeking your best life now, or aiming for material wealth and possessions. What Lewis said about happiness is just the simple Christian gospel. How can so many believers and preachers today miss this so thoroughly? ~C.S. Lewis
[87] Healthy Relationship is based on TRUST (Proverbs 20:7); and Trust is based on TRUTH (Proverbs 28:23) – No Truth, No Trust – No Trust, No Relationship. One might have ARRANGEMENT, but Not Relationship. –Rick Warren
[88] If you look for comfort, in the end you will find Despair. If you look for Truth, in the end you will find both Truth and as a By-Product, comfort. –CS Lewis
[89] If there is an easier way to bail us out, why would Jesus come to earth to pick up His Cross? No Pain No Gain. No Suffering No Love. No Cross No Crown... Celebrating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem & marking the start of Holy Week, the final days of His earthly ministry. –Palm Sunday
[90] In the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, He established the Sacrament of Eucharist prior to his arrest and crucifixion. Jesus celebrated the dinner as a Passover feast & fulfilled His role as the Christian victim of the Passover for all to be saved by His final sacrifice. Christ washed the feet of His Disciples, whom He established to be His first priests. It is believed those who eat of Christ's flesh and blood are Under the State-of-Grace, remain in His Love, and shall have Eternal Life. –Holy Thursday
[91] In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery. –Proverbs 28:23 NLT
[92] The Gospel is a Person who continually offers Himself and constantly invites those who receive Him with humble & religious faith to share His life by an effective participation in the paschal mystery of His death & resurrection. –Pope Francis, Message for World Mission Day 2017
[93] Most men can be bought quite cheaply. Some with money, power, status, possessions, pleasure, land, bricks, or fame. Men who are able to maintain possession of their self in the midst of these offerings are few. The world then tries to buy these rare souls with suffering, meaning that you can impose suffering and offer him escape. Henri Nouwen invites us to say, Lord this is what I have. Take whatever you want to take from me and give me whatever you want to give me. –Matthew Kelley, in Rediscover Catholicism.
[94] “Do you renounce Satan? I do. And all his works? I do. And all his empty promises? I do. Do you believe in God….Do you believe in Jesus Christ…Do you believe in the Holy Spirit…for eternal life.” –Renewal of Baptismal Promises
[95] The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble... Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever... — CANTOR SONGS of Psalms 27 & 125
[96] The key of [any] great relationship is justice [because] “Justice comes before charity/love” –St Pope John XXIII
[97] On the rush of every day: We live with the accelerator down from morning to night. This ruins mental, spiritual, and physical health. More so, it affects and destroys the family and therefore society. From Genesis, on the 7th day God rested. On Saturdays [Sabbath] you rest, at least! Out of gratitude to worship God, to spend time with family, to play, to do all these things! He concludes: we are not machines! –Pope Francis, one excerpt from the [Wender] film [released 18-May-18]
[98] Mea Dominus meus et Deus meus! Credo omni vos verbo Dominus.
My Lord and my God! I believe every word you said. –Fr. Matt Fish, on the proper response to the Eucharist
[99] When you fear God, you fear nothing else; whereas when you do not fear God, you fear everything else. –Oswald Chambers
[100] A man of conscience is one who never acquires tolerance, well-being, success, public standing, and approval on the part of prevailing opinion, at the expense of truth. –Pope Benedict XVI
[101] Unclear Values cause Confusion. Conflicting Values cause Tension. False Values cause Deception. Wrong Values cause Dysfunction. Decision Making is to know your values. Your values determine your stress, success, and salvation. –Jeremiah 17:9 [deceitful human mind]. –Rick Warren.
[102] Quoting St. James, Pope Francis warns, employers who exploit their workers [withhold their benefits, wages, Union agreements, etc.] are committing a mortal sin. – James 5:4-6
[103] Life is short. Regarding work, find a job that has the following: 1) enjoyable and good supervisor, 2) love what you are doing. –Joyce Meyer.
[104] Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke. –Joyce Meyer
[105] 6 Best Doctors: 1) Sunlight, 2) Rest, 3) Exercise, 4) Diet, 5) Self Confidence, 6) Friends. –Steve Jobs.
[106] To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. –Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, FRS
[107] Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worth living. –St Mother Teresa.
[108] Every choice we make has eternal consequences. –St Peter (2 Peter 3:11).
[109] Every Words of God is flawless. –Proverbs 30:5a
[110] I must build my life upon applying the unchanging Words of God. –St Matthew (Matt 7:24).
[111] It is impossible for God to lie. –Hebrew 6:18b.
[112] I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against you. –Psalm 119:11
[113] These 3 (Individualism, Hedonism, Minimalism) are ultimately the self-destructive philosophy that destroys body, heart, mind, and soul. The fruits are greed, lust, laziness, gluttony, selfishness, exploitation, and deception. –Matthew Kelly, in Rediscover Catholicism.
[114] Individualism: all-consuming concern for self (what's in it for me?)
[115] Hedonism: emphasize pleasure as the ultimate goal of life (the motto, the creed, the catch cry of the hedonist is: if it feels good, do it!)
[116] Minimalist: seeking to exert the minimum effort and receive the maximum reward (e.g., what is the least I can do? And still get to Heaven; And still stay physically fit, etc.)
[117] Henri Nouwen invited us to, and say, Lord, this is what I have. Take whatever you want to take from me and give e whatever you want to give me. –Matthew Kelly, in Rediscover Catholicism.
[118] To become the-best-version-of-yourself: Habits create good character, and your character is your destiny (whether in your workplace, in relationships, and in eternity). The good news is that we can change our habits.
Most people live in the misguided fantasy that one day they will wake up and suddenly their lives will be magically different. It does not happen. These people grow old and die waiting. Others live in the illusion that if they make more money, get a new car, buy bigger house, get a promotion, or vacation in the Bahamas, then their lives will change. This doesn't work either. Our lives change when our habit change. What set the heroes, saints, leaders, champions apart? They just had better habits. Theirs were not the self-destructive type that we effortlessly pick up by traveling the path of least resistance. Their habits were helping them to become the-best-version-of-themselves, and they were acquired intentionally through the effort of discipline~Matthew Kelly
[119] Definition of friendship is someone who encourages you to be all you can be and challenges you to become the-best-version-of-yourself. These people tend to energize and invigorate you.
Being around with people who striving to love God and better themselves. Litmus test to choosing friends: Will spending time with this person make me a better person?
It is better to be alone than to be with the wrong person. Don’t be afraid of your loneliness. Use/Harness it as opportunity to befriend people who inspire you or the saints. –Matthew Kelly
[120] 4 major areas of life: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. What can you do to grow each day?
It is the transformation that energized us and fills our lives with passion and enthusiasm. We are most fully alive when awe are becoming a-better-version-of-ourselves. There is something ultimately attractive about holiness.
These saints life are personification of Matthew 5:16, “let your life shines” to allow God to shine so powerfully through them, people of all faiths gasp in awe in their presence. Even blind man knows when he is in the presence of a bright light. There is nothing more attractive than holiness. Holiness of life. ~Matthew Kelly
[121] Get to know yourself. The gifts of self-knowledge include freedom from the world’s image of who you are (and who you should be) and an unquenchable compassion for others. The more I get to know myself (and my own brokenness), the more I am able to accept and love others. Furthermore, the more I get to know myself and my sinfulness, the more I am able to understand others and be tolerant of their faults, failings, flaws, addictions, and brokenness. Self-knowing breeds the ultimate form of compassion. –Matthew Kelly
[122] Self-knowing also deflates all the false pride and egotism in our lives. Genuine self-knowing is humbling, and two humble people will always have a better relationship than two prideful people. Not sometimes. Always. Get to know yourself and every relationship in your life will improve. ~Matthew Kelly
[123] Each of us is created for a reason. The important thing to remember is that you have a vocation. Everyone have a vocation, and unveiling it is critically important to our experience of life, because life is vocational. For this reason, when we speak, teach, or pray about vocations we should personalize it for each individual. Vocation is deeply personal. –Matthew Kelly
[124] In the beginning, we have our overwhelming desire for happiness and the different ways we respond to this desire. In the end, it seems it all comes down to deciding how long you want to be happy. If you are willing to trade happiness for moments of pleasures, I suspect sex, drugs, food, alcohol, and gambling will be your things. But I want more than that. How long do you want to be happy for? If you just want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a whole day, go shopping. For a week, go fishing. For a month, take a vacation to Australia. For a whole year, inherit a fortune. For a decade, find a way to make a difference in other people’s lives. For a lifetime and beyond, seek the will of God for your life. Don’t overwhelm yourself. Seek it one day at a time, one moment at a time, one decision at a time. ~Matthew Kelly
[125] When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the Truth? ~Sherlock Holmes, In the Sign of the Four.
[126] Finding the question is often more important than finding the answer. ~John Tukey [American Statistician, 1915-2000], cited by D.R. Brillinger in the Annals of Statistics (2002) p. 1571
[127] Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless. ~St. Mother Teresa
[128] Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you. ~St Mother Teresa
[129] For all those who make such stories which are not true, I can only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves. ~St. Mother Teresa
[130] We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. ~Archilochus (6th Century)
[131] We want someone to tell us that you can be healthy and happy without discipline; you can eat whatever you want and just eat this pill then we will look like a supermodel. The truth is, you cannot be healthy and happy without discipline. In fact, if you want to measure the level of happiness in your life, just measure the level of discipline in your life. You will never have more happiness than you have discipline. The two are directly related to one another. In fact, discipline is the path to happiness! ~Matthew Kelly
[132] Even before kindergarten, we are taught the governing laws of the universe. One of these is the law of cause and effect: Every cause has an effect; every action has a reaction. In a sense, the universe has a perfect accounting system. This is just one tiny aspect of the wonder and perfection of God’s creation. These laws are designed to keep everything in balance and harmony. As a result, no debt in the universe goes unpaid. All debts must be settled. Sooner or later. ~Matthew Kelly
[133] Supernatural virtues (faith, hope, and love) free us from self-centeredness and protect us from the ultimate vice—pride and dispose us to live in relationship with God. The cardinal virtues (Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude) allow us to aquire the self-mastery necessary to make us free and capable of love. ~Matthew Kelly
[134] A loving response to a difficult person requires you to be pleasant and tactful. If you want to be below that difficult person, attack him. If you want to be even with him, get even with him. But if you want to respond the way Jesus would, show that person love with the words you say and the way you say them. What would you need to change about your attitude to be known as a “wise, mature person”? ~Rick Warren
[135] Matthew 12:34b taught us “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of", e.g.,
When you meet somebody with a negative tongue, you know he’s got a fearful heart.
Someone’s harsh/cutting tongue reveals an angry heart.
When someone has a boasting tongue, it reveals an insecure heart.
Someone’s judgmental tongue just exposes a guilty heart.
Critical tongue reveals bitter heart.
Somebody with a filthy tongue has an impure heart.
On the other hand, if you find somebody who’s always encouraging others, he has a happy heart.
If he’s always speaking in a gentle way, you know he’s got a loving heart.
If he’s able to control his words, you know he’s got a peaceful heart.
The root cause of anger is hurt, frustration, and fear.
[136] You remind yourself of the things about God that you do know. Even in the middle of his doubts, Job affirmed what he knew to be true about God: God is loving (Job 10:12), God is all powerful (Job 36:22), God is in control (Job 34:13), God had a plan for his life (Job 23:14), God would protect him (Job 5:11).
[137] We are not fundamentally free; external circumstances are not in our hands, they are in God’s hands, the one thing in which we are free is in our personal relationship to God. We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us, or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be. ~Oswald Chambers, Conformed to His Image, 354 L
[138] Isaiah 27:3 -- I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
Exodus 32:7-14 – cling on firmly to God’s promises.
Samuel 26:22 – The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness.
Psalm 33:4 – For the Word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does.
Beware of anything that competes with loyalty to Jesus Christ.
[139] God’s purposes for his church are identical to his five purposes for you. Worship helps you focus on God; fellowship helps you face life’s problems; discipleship helps fortify your faith; ministry helps find your talents; power helps fulfill your mission. There is nothing else on Earth like the church! ~Rick Warren
[140] CHRONICLE 10:13-14 -- SAUL died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
[141] Samuel 26:22 – The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness; Exodus 32:7-14; Jeremiah 45:5
[142] Psalm 33:4 – For the word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does.
[143] Conscience is the eye of the soul which looks out either toward God or toward what we regards as the highest standard. ~Oswald Chambers
[144] Lift Up Your Hearts…Let us always regret that we have but one heart with which to love God, and that this heart is so poor and weak. But such as it is, God asks it of us! Let us give it to Him constantly and completely. Let Him have this poor heart for time and eternity - St. Colette, November 1446.
[145] Philippians 1:9-11 NIV. From these verses, we can learn to pray for the people in our lives in four ways:
Pray that they will grow in love: “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.”
Pray that they will make wise choices: “... so that you may be able to discern what is best ...”
Pray that they will live with integrity: “... and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ ...”
Pray that they will become like Jesus: “... filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God.”
Pray these for yourself and anyone else in your life, and watch how God turns around the relationship you thought had no hope or that needed to be revived.
[146] Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never try to reason it out, saying, “I wonder why I shouldn’t do this?” God instructs us in what we choose; that is, He actually guides our common sense. And when we yield to His teachings and guidance, we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually asking, “Now, Lord, what is Your will?” ~Oswald Chambers, 3-Jun-2014.
[147] 2 Chronicle 19:6-7, “Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
[148] Our Lord’s primary obedience was to the will of His Father, not to the needs of people— the saving of people was the natural outcome of His obedience to the Father. If I am devoted solely to the cause of humanity, I will soon be exhausted and come to the point where my love will waver and stumble. But if I love Jesus Christ personally and passionately, I can serve humanity, even though people may treat me like a “doormat.” The secret of a disciple’s life is devotion to Jesus Christ, and the characteristic of that life is its seeming insignificance and its meekness. ~Oswald Chambers, 19-Jun-2014.
[149] We never enter into the Kingdom of God by having our head questions answered, but only by commitment. The Highest Good. ~Oswald Chambers 19-Jun-2014, Thy Great Redemption, 565 R
[150] God wants you to be unselfish and pray/care about others. Once you do that, He will easily meet your needs. Thus, prayers are primarily for your own benefits, secondarily for others; not the other way around. “The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends” —Job 42:10
[151] We must get to the point of being sick to death of ourselves, until there is no longer any surprise at anything God might tell us about ourselves.
The reason we see hypocrisy, deceit, and a lack of genuineness in others is that they are all in our own hearts. The greatest characteristic of a saint is humility, as evidenced by being able to say honestly and humbly, “Yes, all those, as well as other evils, would have been exhibited in me if it were not for the grace of God. Therefore, I have no right to judge.”
Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life. The New Testament brings us right down to this one issue— if sin rules in me, God’s life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
The pure man or woman is the one who is shielded from harm, not the innocent person. The so-called innocent man or woman is never safe. Men and women have no business trying to be innocent; God demands that they be pure and virtuous. Innocence is the characteristic of a child. Any person is deserving of blame if he is unwilling to reconcile himself to the fact of sin.
It is an easy thing to argue from precedent because it makes everything simple, but it is a risky thing to do. Give God “elbow room”; let Him come into His universe as He pleases. If we confine God in His working to religious people or to certain ways, we place ourselves on an equality with God. ~Oswald Chambers, 24-Jun-2014, Baffled to Fight Better, 51 L
[152] 3 things to always remember:
First, what Jesus Christ did for me on the cross.
Second, one day I am going to give an account to God.
Finally I tell the truth and let the chips fall. ~Oswald Chambers
[153] Nothing in my life is lucky. A lot of grace, blessings, divine order. For me luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity. There is nothing is as luck without you being prepared to handle that moment of opportunity. Failure is just there to point you in the right direction. ~Oprah Winfrey
[154] Luck happens when preparations meet opportunity. ~Seneca, Greek Philosopher
[155] When people show you who they really are, at the first time, believe them. ~Maya Angelou, Mentor of Oprah Winfrey
[156] Taking Responsibility for Your Life: You are responsible for your own life. And if you are waiting for somebody to help you, to fix you, to save you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility of your life to move forward. And the sooner you get that, the sooner your life get into gear. It does not matter where you come from, whether your parents got PhD’s or what they did, what matters is now. This moment and your willingness to see that and accept it, forgive the past, take responsibility, and move forward. ~Oprah Winfrey, OWN Life Class on Taking Responsibility for Your Life.
-Who do you want to BE in the world?
-How your love/care affect them?
-How can I serve and be the most loving person?
-Seeking the highest, truest, expressions of yourself as human being, your calling, your platform.
[157] People who has consistently been living irresponsibly, at one point will believe that they are incapable of living responsibly. ~Pope Francis
[158] Do few things but do them well. ~St. Francis Asisi
[159] The Lord loves simplicity. ~St. Theresa Liseux
[160] Only chaste man and woman are capable of true love. ~St. Pope John Paul II
[161] A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him [God] to find her. ~C.S. Lewis
[162] If you pursue happiness, you will find despair; but if you pursue the Truth, you will find both Truth and happiness. ~C.S, Lewis
[163] The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ~St Paul [1 Cor 6:13b]
[164] Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. ~St Paul [1 Cor 6:18-20]
[165] We don't define love or marriage as a feeling (because feelings come and go easily!) but as a Sacrament of Service. It is a sacrament for the other. While pleasurable and fruitful, it comes from God and reflects God's love. ~Pope Francis
[166] Promising love forever is possible when we perceive a plan bigger than our own ideas and undertakings, a plan which sustain us and enable us to surrender our future entirely to the one we love (Lumen Fidei). ~Pope Francis
[167] Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion...I am asking you to rebel against this culture that sees everything as temporary and that ultimately believe you are incapable of responsibility. ~Pope Francis
[168] They say mankind is the only animal that falls in the same well twice (Catholic Moments, 13-Apr-14). ~Pope Francis
[169] The journey down the pathway of love involves four stages: Attraction, Desire, Goodwill and Marital Love. ~St. Pope John Paul II's Book (1960) "Love and Responsibility"
[170] "Love and Responsibility" article (2002). ~The Summary Version of St. Pope John Paul II’s Book
[171] Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. ~Saint Augustine of Hippo
[172] To love someone means to see him as God intended him. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
[173] What You Are is God's Gift to You, What You Become is Your Gift to God. ~Hans Urs von Balthasar
[174] The Greatest Mission of two people in love is to help one another become more a man and more a woman. Love is thus a kind of craftmanship. ~Pope Francis (Amoris Laetitia)
[175] I plead with you – never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid. ~St. Pope John Paul II
[176] All possible knowledge depends on validity of reasoning. Unless human reasoning is valid, no science can be true. It falls that no account of universe can be true, unless that account leaves it possible for our thinking to be a real insight. Any theory that explained that everything else in this world but our thinking is valid will be utterly out of court. For that theory would itself has been reached by thinking; and if our thinking is not valid, the thinking of the theory itself is demolished. It would be an argument proof that no argument was sound. A proof that there is no such thing as proof, which is nonsense. I have no reason to believe that my reasoning is true. ~CS Lewis
[177] About Selflessness -- Sincere Gift of Self -- Necessary to Receive the Gift of Others:
Man can only find himself through his sincere self-gift. ~JP2 (Second Vatican Council).
Jesus open when follow the communion between children of God and Truth and Love, for its own sake.
-Full Humanity to Glorify God
-You cannot give what you don’t have
-The Law (Ethics) is written so that Grace (and Truth) is sought.
-Grace is sought so that the Heart/Character (Ethos) is Transformed.
[178] It’s foolish to be unprepared for what we all know is inevitable: death.
The most recent statistics show that mortality rates in the world remain 100 percent!
You’re not guaranteed another minute on this planet, much less another hour.
Don’t put off the most important choice you’ll ever make.
That’s about as clear as you can get. If you have Jesus, you have life.
If you don’t have Jesus, you do not have life. You have a choice.
You won’t go to heaven because of someone else’s faith.
And, at the same time, you’ll never go to hell because of someone else’s choice.
It’s your choice! You decide where you’ll spend eternity. ~Rick Warren
[179] Whatever you feed will grow. ~Oprah Show
Proverbs 15:14 -- A wise person is hungry for truth but the fool feed on trash.
Proverbs 119:37 -- Keep me from paying attention from what is worthless.
Eph 5:15-16 -- Carefully consider how you live. To live wisely not foolishly, make the most of your time.
[180] Routine develops resilience;
Predictability create stability;
Structure create steadiness.
Dosing and Spacing are parts of the routine.
What I see is what I become.
Shorter break with high frequency is more important than longer infrequent breaks. ~Rick Warren
[181] Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. ~Aristotle, A Greek Philosopher
[182] Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else. ~Aristotle, A Greek Philosopher
[183] The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. ~Aristotle, A Greek Philosopher
[184] Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ. ~St. Jerome
[185] The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. ~Hebrew 4:12
[186] Come to me, all you who labor, and I will give you rest. ~Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 11:28)
[187] The confession should never be a torture chamber. ~Pope Francis
[188] To labor, to suffer, to be silent, to complain not, to bear no resentment -- these are the maxims of the saints, the maxims of the high perfection. ~St. Paul of the Cross.
[189] If you do not take control of your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don't prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list. ~Michelle Obama
[190] Only falsehood wraps itself in a flood of words. Truth is brief. ~Jason Evert
[191] Every time you walk away fro the counterfeits you get one step closer to the real thing. ~Jason Evert
[192] The danger is that you expect, imagine, and fantasized a person beyond what a human being can possibly be! ~Jason Evert
[193] Gentle reminder that the 40-hour work week is outdated & was designed with the assumption someone else was going to be always taking care of cooking, cleaning, & household errands. It wasn't design for you to be doing it all & if you are having a hard time, you are not a failure. ~Introverts are Awesome
[194] Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, there is absolutely no point. ~Helen Mirren
[195] Ms. Davis herself said she wrote this book [which is about triumphing over adversity and dealing with trauma 3X] for anyone running through life untethered, desperate, and clawing their way through murky memories trying to get to some form of self-love, for anyone who needs reminding that: A LIVE Worth Living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be you. ~Oprah Winfrey's Book Club on the Memoir Book "Finding Me" by Viola Davis [and Academy Award Actress, Producer, and Author]
[196] When inflation is high, the best thing you can do is sharpening your skills to be at the top of your field & be exceptionally good at something because people are going to give you some of what they produce in exchange for what you deliver. Skills, unlike currency, are inflation-proof. If you have a skill that is in demand, it will remain in demand no matter what the dollar is worth. Whatever abilities you have can't be taken away from you. They can't actually be inflated away from you. The best investment by far is anything that develops yourself, and it's not taxed at all. ~Warren Buffet
[197] Be the Master of your Fate and the Captain of your Soul. You are responsible for your Life Choices. ~Oprah Winfrey
[198] To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him, the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement. ~St. Augustine of Hippo
[199] Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice. ~St. John Paul II
[200] Have you notice, the measure of obedience, pay attention to the High Lord's standard: If you take the premise that your wife should submit to you, as the Church submit to Christ, then you should also take the same kind of care for sacrificial efforts for her that Christ takes for the Church. Even if you must offer your own life for her, you must not refuse. Even if you must do countless struggles on her behalf as to all kinds of things to endure and suffer, you must not refuse. Even if you have suffered all of these, you still not have done as much as Christ has for His Church, for you have already married when you act this way, whereas Christ has done what one has rejected and hidden Him. So, just as He when He has rejecting, hating, spurning, knighting Him, brought her to trust Him as His bright soliciting, not by fretting, lording it over her, or intimidating her, or intimidating her, or anything like that, so you must also act toward your wife. Even if she is looking down on you, nagging, and spicing you, you will be able to win her over, with your great love and affection for her. ~St. John Chrysostom (c. 349-407), the 'Golden Mouth'
[201] All models are wrong because they are just approximations, but some models are useful; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful. However, the approximate nature of the model must always be borne in mind. ~George Box, [British Statistician, 1919-2013]
[202] You can use hatred as a weapon, but you cannot use hatred to defeat hate. ~Martin Luther King
[203] Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax. ~Abraham Lincoln
[204] Put first thing first, get second thing thrown in. Put second thing first, lose both first and second things. ~C.S. Lewis
[205] There is Limit for Everything. ~King David (Psalm 119:96)
[206] Avoid All Extremes. ~King Solomon (Ecclesiastes 7:18)
[207] Since all models are wrong the scientist must be alert to what is importantly wrong. It is inappropriate to be concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad. ~George Box
[208] In God we Trust, all others must bring data. ~W. Edward Deming
[209] No nation can be strong except in the strenght of God, or safe except in His defense. ~Tresury Secretary Salmon P.
[210] The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. ~Oswald Chambers
[211] The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. ~C.S. Lewis
[212] Our common sense guide us whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never try to reason it out. ~Oswald Chambers
[213] The truth; it is beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore, be treated with great caution. ~Prof. Dumbledore
[214] The struggle of today is not altogether for today; it is for a vast future also. ~Abraham Lincoln
[215] When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the Truth. ~Sherlock Holmes, In the Sign of the Four.
[216] In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God and in all things give Him thanks. ~St. Teresa of Avila.
[217] This is the secret of life: the self-lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love. ~Peter Kreeft
[218] See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. ~St John The Cross (1 John 3:1-3)
[219] Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that. ~St. Francis de Sales
[220] My Catholic sons and brothers, we can only build a certain foundation for masculinity on the rock, Jesus Christ. We look to our Savior to be transformed in Him, to be the men we are called to be, and to let others see Him in us. ~Bishop Emeritus Thomas J Olmsted
[221] Top Ten Statistical Terms That Could Be Euphemisms to Death. ~Wasserstein, AMSTAT News December 2022
[222] Warning — If you get married in time of puppy love, there is greater chance you will soon live a dog's life. ~Venerable Archbishop Fulton J Sheen
[223] Just like hate and communism go together so do love and religion. ~Venerable Archbishop Fulton J Sheen
[224] If a man and a woman to marry to satisfy their sexual appetites, or to further the material aims of themselves or their families, then the union is unlikely to bring blessings. But if a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the journey from earth to heaven, then their union will bring great joy to themselves and to others. ~St. John Chrysostom ("The Golden Mouthed"), On Marriage [Addressing the Goal of the Marital Union].
[225] You have seen the amount of obedience necessary; now hear about the amount of love necessary. Do you want your wife to be obedient to you, as the Church is to Christ? Then be responsible for the same providential care of her, as Christ is for the Church. And even if it becomes necessary for you to give your life for her, yes, and even to endure and undergo suffering of any kind, do not refuse. Even though you undergo all this, you will never have done anything equal to what Christ has done. You are sacrificing yourself for someone to whom you are already joined, but He offered Himself up for one who turned her back on Him and hated Him. In the same way, then, as He honored her by putting at His feet one who turned her back on Him, who hated, rejected, and disdained Him, as He accomplished this not with threats, or violence, or terror, or anything else like that, but through His untiring love; so also you should behave toward your wife. Even if you see her belittling you, or despising and mocking you, still you will be able to subject her to yourself, through affection, kindness, and your great regard for her. There is no influence more powerful than the bond of love, especially for husband and wife. . . . Suffer anything for her sake, but never disgrace her, for Christ never did this with the Church. (46–47). ~St. John Chrysostom, On Love and Marriage [Addressing Ephesian 5, The Striking Call to the Husband].
[226] Let us seek just one thing in a wife, virtue of soul and nobility of character, so that we may enjoy tranquility, so that we may luxuriate in harmony and lasting love (97). ~St. John Chrysostom, On Love and Marriage [Addressing What to Look for in A Wife].
[227] A husband who will really be a husband and a protector. . . . When your daughter is to be married, don’t look for how much money a man has. Don’t worry about his nationality or his family’s social position. All these things are superfluous. Look instead for piety, gentleness, wisdom, and the fear of the Lord, if you want your daughter to be happy (78). ~St. John Chrysostom, On Love and Marriage [Addressing What to Look for in A Husband].
[228] Marriage is a bond, a bond ordained by God. Why then do you celebrate weddings in a silly and immodest manner? Have you no idea what you are doing? You are marrying your wife for the procreation of children and for the moderation of life; what is the meaning of these drunken parties with their lewd and disgraceful behavior? You can enjoy a banquet with your friends to celebrate your marriage; I do not forbid this, but why must you introduce all these excesses? Camels and mules behave more decently than some people at wedding receptions! Is marriage a comedy? It is a mystery, an image of something far greater. . . . How is marriage a mystery? The two have become one. This is not an empty symbol. They have not become the image of anything on earth, but of God Himself. How can you celebrate it in a noisy uproar, which dishonors and bewilders the soul? (74–75). ~St. John Chrysostom, On Love and Marriage [Addressing Receptions Celebration].
[229] Do not err; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor the evil-tongued, nor the greedy will inherit the kingdom of God. ~St. Paul [1 Corinthians 6:9-11].
[230] Education without Values [Virtues], as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. ~CS Lewis
[231] "Ambulate Cantate [Latin] -- Walk and Sing". ~St Augustine [which is the principal heart of the Dominican Teaching, to be content to be on your way with the habit of your study and you will pick up gems here and there but ultimately you will come to contemplation with God such that He became with you, God contemplate you even to testify you to others about this relationship and then include or incorporate them of what you have experience until you become whole and holy].
[232] Power over others is weakness disguised as strenght. True power is within and it is available now. ~Eckhart Tolle