“The shepherds - simple souls - came to adore the Infant Savior. Mary rejoiced at seeing their homage and willing offerings they made to her Jesus... How happy is the loving soul when it has found Jesus with Mary, His Mother! They who know the Tabernacle where He dwells, they who receive Him into their souls, know that His conversation is full of divine sweetness, His consolation ravishing, His peace superabundant, and the familiarity of His love and His Heart ineffable” KnowsHeartMadeSoulMotherFoundJesusSimpleSeeingDivineWillingConversationSaviorOfferingMarySacramentsAdoreSweetnessConsolationHis LoveInfantFamiliarityShepherdsHomageIneffable Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.” NeedsPersonsSaidNumbersOne ThingHeardAdviceWillingHabitConversationContactUncomfortableResolveSuccess In LifeAttempting Author:Tim Ferriss
“I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this.” KnowsWantI CanPayResponsibilityKnow HowEconomyClearWillingSeriousConversationBillsThreatCongressBlowing Up Author:Barack Obama
“For communication to have meaning it must have a life. It must transcend "you and me" and become "us." If I truly communicate, I see in you a life that is not me and partake of it. And you see and partake of me. In a small way we then grow out of our old selves and become something new. To have this kind of sharing I cannot enter into a conversation clutching myself. I must enter into it with loose boundaries. I must give myself to the relationship, and be willing to be what grows out of it.” IfsWayGivingKindSelfGrowsWillingCommunicationConversationCommunicateBoundariesSomething NewOld Self Book:Notes to Myself Source: Notes to Myself
“Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.” YearsLittlesSaidNextWifeWillingConversationPicksFortyOne Liner Book:Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations Source: Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations