Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the hairy primate at the mouth of the cave, screeching at the enemy, wishing it would go away, fingering the heavy stone that we’ll use the moment it comes close enough.
ANONYMOUSLet not the wise disturb the mind of the unwise in their selfish work. Let him, working with devotion, show them the joy of good work.
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Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise.
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The whole day was like that. I wish I could do it justice as I’m writing about it. I feel like I could use all of the words that I have in my head times each and never be able to tell exactly what it was like.
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When the world has been unkind, when life’s troubles cloud your mind, Don’t sit down and frown and sigh and moon and mope. Take a walk along the square, fill your lungs with God’s fresh air, Then go whistling back to work and smile and hope.
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Those who see all creatures in themselves And themselves in all creatures know no fear. Those who see all creatures in themselves And themselves in all creatures know no grief.
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Don’t let insecurity ruin the beauty you were born with.
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Hear twice before you speak once.
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A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings.
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Said Pope John Paul II: God in His deepest mystery is not a solitude, but a family, since He has in Himself fatherhood, sonship, and the essence of the family, which is love.
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Trust doesn’t mean that you trust that someone won’t screw up – it means you trust them even when they do screw up.
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Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief.
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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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The only thing harder than letting go is moving on.
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You can’t hurt a man with a pinprick when he’s already got a spear in his chest.
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams.
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