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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquillity of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. Within the depths of consciousness a flame kindles. And man sees himself. He discovers his selfishness, his silly pride, his fears, his greeds, his blunders. He develops a sense of moral obligation, intellectual humility. Thus begins a journey of the soul toward the realm of grace.
Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence. . . But a solitary precedent. . . which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive.
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent. ' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.
The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.
Unity is a beast in itself. If a wolf sees two little boys playing in the woods on one side, and a big strong man on the other, he will go to the one who stands alone.