We promise according to our hopes,
and perform according to our fears.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
Category Archives: FAVORITES
Moderation is the silken string
Moderation is the silken string
running through the pearl-chain
of all virtues.
– Thomas Fuller
The best and most beautiful things
The best and most beautiful
things in the world
cannot be seen nor even touched,
but just felt in the heart.
– Helen Keller
Anger is momentary madness
Anger is momentary madness,
so control your passion
or it will control you.
– Horace
The Nativity Story set to O Holy Night
I wish you all a merry Christmas! Enjoy this YouTube video of The Nativity Story set to O Holy Night by Josh Groban.
If we have no peace
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
– Mother Teresa
Anger passes away in time
Like fragile ice
anger passes away in time.
– Ovid
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous
Diseases of the soul
are more dangerous
and more numerous
than those of the body.
– Cicero
One needs something to believe in
One needs something to believe in,
something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm.
One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning,
that one is needed in this world.
– Hannah Szenes
Remedy against temptation
The realization of God’s presence
is the one sovereign remedy
against temptation.
– François Fénelon