“We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.” WayWould BeGivenDeceived Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.” WayMadeServing Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.” MeanPerfectVirtueBearsFruitNeighbor Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.” FallSidesHumilityHigherBlessedHumbleScalesPairsVirginsExalted Author:John Vianney
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.” IfsShouldChildrenSaidTwoMotherNightWhiteAcceptingWillingRedPurityCrownsMartyrPersevere Author:Maximilian Kolbe
“The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.” MotherSufferingCrosses Author:Margaret Mary Alacoque
“My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.” CatSophisticatedSassyPicky Author:Jason Wu
“The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the difficulty lies only in the fact that application of these laws leads to equations that are too complex to be solved.” WholeFactsLawScienceLyingKnownDifficultyFundamentalsComplexesPhysicsMathematicalTreatmentChemistryApplicationEquationsMathematical Equations Author:Paul Dirac
“I love the romance of Paris. I love Angelina [tearoom and pastry shop]. I always get a Mont-blanc [pastry] there.” RomanceParisShopsPastries Author:Jason Wu
“Another Quarter Pounder sometimes seems like a good idea- but I always regret later. Only in hindsight do we see how God would not let us settle for our well-intentioned but limited desires, but called us- sometimes weeping and kicking- to something more enduring and satisfying.” WellsIdeasSometimesSeemsDesireRegretEndureSettlingSatisfyingQuartersGood IdeasWeepingKickingHindsight Author:Christopher Ruddy