The Words of the Wise

"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful"...William Shakespeare

"A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath"...St. Alphonus Liguori

"However great a sinner may have been, if he shows himself devout to Mary, he will never perish"...St. Hilary

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and the eyes, without speaking, confess the secrets of the heart...St. Jerome

"To live with the saints in Heaven: Oh, what glory! But to live with the saints on earth: That's another story...Unknown

"What else is there but to love God and to help save souls so that He may be more loved"...St. Therese of Lisieux

"Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead"...St. Thomas Aquinas

"The measure of our love is to love without measure"...St. Francis de Sales

"Those who speak of the incompatibility of science and religion either make science say that which it never said or make religion say that which it never taught"...St. Pius XI

"Right is right if nobody is right and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong"...Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"The words of the wise men are heard in quiet"...Eccl. 9:17

"When we imitate Jesus, the Divine Plan is carried out in our lives"...Father Chaminade

"Remember the kettle. It may be up to its neck in hot water, but it continues to sing"...Fr. John F. Brand

"He who forms the souls of the young is greater than any painter or sculpter"...St. John Chryostom

"To want to love is to love"...St. Augustine

"Learn to know Christ well, and everything will be in order, even if you knew nothing else"...St. Peter Canisius

"God without man is still God. Man without God is nothing"...Unknown

"It is easy to find thousands who will spend two or three hours a day in exercising, but if you ask them to bend their knees to God in five minutes of prayer, they protest that it is too long"...unknown

excerpts from Hearts Aflame Magazine Issue 3 2002