Digging back through the events of the past, I found that there have been all sorts of people who had a greater effect on us than our own fathers. Perhaps an adult that we wanted to become like, or someone with such a strong presence that even now, they remain in our hearts - someone who might be referred to as a "father of choice. "
We can't say that we believe in each other's fundamental humanity, and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each other's existence, and the truth of each others' hearts. We must be allies and we must be allies in this business, because to be represented is to be humanized, and as long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.
The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.
The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.
The more our hearts and minds are turned to assisting others less fortunate than we, the more we will avoid the spiritually cankering effects that result from greed, selfishness and overindulgence.
We must, with God's help, eradicate the deadly poison of the demon of anger from the depths of our souls. So long as he dwells in our hearts and blinds the eyes of the heart with his somber disorders, we can neither discriminate what is for our good, nor achieve spiritual knowledge, nor fulfill our good intentions, nor participate in true life; and our intellect will remain impervious to the contemplation of the true, divine light; for it is written, 'Man's anger does not bring about the righteousness of God' (Jms. 1:20).
Honest hearts produce honest actions.
God cannot be found on a microscopic slide, but in the hearts of men.
He felt homesick for places he had never been. He missed hearts he had never loved.
Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.
Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.
Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.
Beauty is the arrowhead of evangelization, the point with which the evangelist pierces the minds and hearts of those he evangelizes.
May your eyes be always open May your hearts overflow That which enchants will also protect --- May this you always know.
As a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything. So I come into classroom on fire. I'm on fire for learning. I'm on fire for education, a paideia in the deepest sense of paideia, trying to get young people to shift from the superficial to the substantial, the shift from the bling-bling to letting freedom reign in their minds and hearts and souls.
People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.
How we keep these dead souls in our hearts. Each one of us carries within himself his necropolis.
Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It's a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It's also easier than a stroller.
We all have romantic nature of one kind or another buried somewhere in our hearts.