“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” WayLoveRunningFaithSpeakStudyRelationshipCatholicSaintCatholic Saint Author:Anatole France
“The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his studies, his reading, his professors, his associates, all were combined to keep from him any results of observation or reflection save those prescribed: probably, of all means for stifling healthy and helpful thought, a theological seminary, as then conducted whether Catholic or Protestant, Jewish or Mohammedan, was the most perfect.” MenMeanYoungReadingPerfectResultsCareersStudyWallHealthyReflectionCatholicCurrentsObservationYoung ManHelpfulProfessorsAssociatesDestinedNew ThoughtTheologicalProtestantsStiflingSeminary Author:Andrew Dickson White
“A great purposelessness has descended upon modern civilizations. People at large have lost any sense of the meaning and purpose of life; and without an understanding of our own purpose, there can be no true commitment. Whether that commitment is to marriage, family, study, work, God, relationships, or the simple resolutions of our lives, it will be almost impossible to fulfill without a clear and practical understanding of our purpose. Commitment and purpose go hand in hand.” PeopleHandsPurposeLostUnderstandingSimpleStudyClearOur LivesImpossibleModernCivilizationCommitmentCatholicPracticalsResolutionPurpose Of LifeHand In HandModern CivilizationPurposelessness Book:The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose
“In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies.” YearsMadeTwoSchoolFacesMotherStudyTeacherCatholicTwo YearsIndonesiaCatholic School Book:Dreams From My Father Source: Dreams From My Father
“According to an article on CNN.com, a new study says people who are bad kissers don't get laid. Where are you supposed to learn how to kiss? If you go to Catholic school, it's from your priest; in public school, you learn from your teacher; and some guys learn from their sisters... if their sister is Angelina Jolie.” PeopleIfsSchoolGuyStudyTeacherKissingCatholicPriestsArticlesPublic SchoolCnnGetting LaidCatholic School Author:Chelsea Handler
“I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a hands-on kind of thing at all. I couldn't afford to go to another college. And my grandparents lived in D.C., so I was able to live with them, and that's how I was able to afford it at all.” KindHandsAbleStudyCollegeDramaCatholicProductionsExtrasGrandparent Author:Susan Sarandon
“The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for the Holocaust in the Vatican, going to the synagogue in Vatican, and that happens in Protestant service as well. That doesn't mean that anti-Semitism disappear, but it is on certain level that Jews all the time, or with Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, meeting all the time, studying together, signing petitions for all kinds of causes.” WellsKindMeanStatesHappensChristianTogetherCertainCausesLevelsStudyWallCatholicMeetingsIslamJewDisappearAll KindsConcertsHolocaustPopeProtestantsJerusalemSigningAnti SemitismPetitionsSynagogue Author:Elie Wiesel
“Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program.” YearsHeartFeltChurchStudyFourCallingYears AgoProgramTwentiesCatholicProfoundConversionFour YearsCatholic ChurchBible Study Author:Gail Buckley
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.” ThinkingWayLoveRunningSpeakEducationStudyCatholicSaintEducationalCatholicismDeceivingCatholic Saint Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth, the other is scientific truth. If you really believe that creation is good, there can be no harm in studying science. The more we learn about creation - the way it emerged - it just adds to the glory of God. Personally, I've never seen a conflict.” IfsWayBelieveChurchGrowing UpStudyGrowingAtheismCreationTruth IsConflictGloryScientistCatholicAddHarmGlory Of GodScientific Truth Author:Joseph Murray
“For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.” WayChildrenUseMotherStudyPrideWeaponsCatholicSeedsMonotonousRosary Author:Josemaria Escriva
“The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.” UnderstandingStudyCatholicSacredSoilHarvestUtteranceSeville Author:Isidore of Seville
“If one's careful study of the facts shows that the Catholic Church is correct about Jesus-his life, teachings, death, and Resurrection-then why not give the Church the benefit of the doubt and carefully study her reasons for rejecting contraception, homosexual acts, and women's ordination?” IfsGivingReasonFactsShowsReligionJesusChurchStudyDoubtTeachingBenefitsCatholicCarefulWhy NotResurrectionHomosexualCatholic ChurchRejectingContraceptionBenefit Of The DoubtOrdinationLife Teaching Author:Carl E. Olson