Saint John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was not without the witness and companionship of others in his own conversion.
John Henry Newman was not without the witness and companionship of others in his own conversion.
The first remedy is to take the ideas which cause sadness in us and make them concrete, analyze them, correct, and control them.
"We can ask whether and to what extent our customs about eating are informed by insights into our nature. We can even ask whether and to what extent our customs about eating contribute to the perfection of our nature." - Leon Kass, The Hungry Soul
"If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage." - Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
A great number of men live and die without reflecting at all upon the state of things in which they find themselves.
All of us face multiple "deaths," even before we depart this life, and we'll do better if we willingly embrace them.
"I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says…" - Socrates, in Plato's Phaedrus
The gifted Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset, by any standard, was a most extraordinary person.
"A time may come soon when … there will be need of valor without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defense of our homes.
"Do not grumble," St. Benedict tells his monks.