“Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Without such passion we may produce isolated acts of love; but our life is not really won over or consecrated to an ideal. Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing” MayLife IsPassionLordOur LivesProduceIdealsBlessedPassionateAccomplishTriumphIsolatedSacramentsOur LordPassionate LoveActs Of LoveBlessed SacramentAccomplish Nothing Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.” MayHappinessSuccessFallResultsWorryOur LivesFailingDangerAnxietyCapableIdealsDignityOur SocietyModestConformPerniciousDignity And Respect Author:Alain de Botton
“Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.” MayProcessPrayerOur LivesIdeals Book:The Recovery of Ideals Source: The Recovery of Ideals
“Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.” WisdomDreamDeathOur LivesAchieveIdealsUtopiaLife Dream Author:Victor Hugo
“Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that government intervene in every aspect of our lives. In both instances the ideal balance is destroyed with a resultant detriment to human progress.” NeedsHumansGovernmentChurchOur LivesProgressBalanceDemandAspectIdealsProgramErrorsDestroyedInstanceCounterpartsHuman ProgressContingency Author:Dean L. Larsen