“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
“Can an idea a notion as abstract as Relativism produce by itself the effects alleged? cause all the harm, destroy all the lives and reputations? I am as far as anyone can be from denying the power of ideas in history, but the suggestion that a philosophy (as Relativism is often called) has perverted millions and debased daily life is on the face of it absurd. No idea working alone has ever demoralized society, and there have been plenty of ideas simpler and more exciting than Relativism.” Has BeensIdeasPhilosophyFacesLife IsCausesMillionsEffectsProduceExcitingNotionHarmAbsurdReputationPlentyNo IdeaAbstractDaily LifeSuggestionsRelativismPower Of IdeasDemoralizedWorking Alone Book:The Culture We Deserve Source: The Culture We Deserve
“The focus of all life is its economy, the mode through which every living creature produces its material existence. I know no other criterion for the evaluation of social life except that of social economy. In society, just like anywhere else, the mode of production is the focus around which revolve all the modes of life: in the historical life of conscious beings, it is also the focus of all modes of consciousness.” KnowsLife IsSocialExistenceConsciousnessEconomyFocusProduceMaterialsCreaturesConsciousHistoricalProductionsCriteriaSocial LifeLiving CreaturesEvaluation Author:Moses Hess
“What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles? ... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia. What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable. The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.” IfsMenNeedsAmericaLife IsPurposeAnswersCitiesCasesClearFailingMysteryProducePracticalsWhat IfPurpose Of LifeAutomobilePonderingErosionWhat Is The Purpose Of Life Book:The Death and Life of Great American Cities Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us. The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle-age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity.” AgeLife IsSecretTeachMiddleYouthProducePerspectivePeriodsAchievementMaturitySomething NewYieldPaceSerenityPhasesHarvestMiddle AgesSecret LifeAspects Of LifeDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Women are taught that their main goal in life is to serve others--first men, and later, children. This prescription leads to enormous problems, for it is supposed to be carried out as if women did not have needs of their own, as if one could serve others without simultaneously attending to one's own interests and desires. Carried to its "perfection," it produces the martyr syndrome or the smothering wife and mother.” IfsMenNeedsFirstsChildrenProblemLife IsMotherDesireWomenGoalInterestWifeProduceTaughtPerfectionEnormousSupposed To BeMartyrPrescriptionsLife GoalAttendingSyndromesWives And Mothers Book:Toward a New Psychology of Women Source: Toward a New Psychology of Women
“If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?” PeopleIfsWayMayArtBigsFacesLife IsArtistChallengesCreationProduceMemorableWorks Of ArtAcceptableBlankCanvasYardsMasterpieceBig ChallengesBlank CanvasYard Sale Author:Mardy Grothe