“Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than what you are, but desire to be thoroughly what you are. Direct your thoughts to being very good at that and to bearing the crosses, little or great, that you will find there. Believe me, this is the most important and least understood point to the spiritual life. We all love according to what is our taste; few people like what is according to their duty or to God's liking. What is the use of building castles in Spain when we have to live in France?” PeopleBelieveLittlesLongImportantUseInspirationSpiritualDesireFaithBuildingDutyTasteUnderstoodGardenCrossesDirectVery GoodChristian InspirationalFranceSpiritual LifeBelieve In MeSpainCastles Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it. You may as well not issue any more orders to me, for I will not obey them... and as I say to you that if you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path it will be at the peril of your life.” IfsMenTryingWellsMayLongWarOrderForceEnemyPathIssuesSpeechCrossesObedienceOpponentsCivil WarCowardComplimentCowardiceInterfereThreateningFoePerilCivilityResentSlapMeannessScoundrelsProclamation Author:Nathan Bedford Forrest
“Between two fantasy alternatives, that Holbein the Younger had lived long enough to have painted Shakespeare or that a prototype of the camera had been invented early enough to have photographed him, most Bardolators would choose the photograph. This is not just because it would presumably show what Shakespeare really looked like, for even if the photograph were faded, barely legible, a brownish shadow, we would probably still prefer it to another glorious Holbein. Having a photograph of Shakespeare would be like having a nail from the True Cross.” IfsLongStillsTwoEnoughShowsWould BeFantasyShadowCrossesCamerasPhotographAlternativesGloriousNailsFadedPrototype Book:On photography Source: On photography
“Whatever may be the mysteries of life and death, there is one mystery which the cross of Christ reveals to us, and that is the infinite and absolute goodness of God. Let all the rest remain a mystery so long as the mystery of the cross of Christ gives us faith for all the rest.” GivingMayLongGodChristMysteryGoodnessCrossesAbsolutesInfiniteLife And DeathMystery Of LifeGoodness Of God Book:Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition Source: Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Variants include "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore".” LongDoeLosesLandOceanLong TimeCrossesSightShore Author:Christopher Columbus