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A timely “no” beats a hasty “yes.” ~Brazilian proverb A sleeping fox finds no meat. ~Brazilian proverb A wise man learns at the fool’s expense. ~Brazilian proverb At home saints never perform miracles. ~Brazilian proverb Between the beginning and the end there is always a middle. ~Brazilian proverb For every ailing foot, there is a […]

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. ~St. Augustine of Hippo If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself. ~St. Augustine of Hippo There is no saint

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ~Socrates (Plato’s Apology) Anyone can become angry–that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way–this is not easy.

Be careful of the words you say,Keep them short and sweet.You never know, from day to day,Which ones you’ll have to eat. ~Anonymous Good words are worth much, and cost little. ~George Herbert Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words? ~Marcel Marceau Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(John 1:17 RSV) In the realm of biblical verses, few are as profound and thought-provoking as John 1:17. This verse, found in the New Testament, encapsulates a fundamental shift in religious thought and practice. “For the law was given through Moses; grace

Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world – stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death – and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. ~Henry Van Dyke

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! ~Bob Marley If you get down and quarrel everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say. ~Bob Marley I don’t stand for the black man’s side, I don’ t stand for the white man’s side. I stand for God’s side. ~Bob Marley

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~Lao Tzu A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ~Abraham Lincoln The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. ~St. Thomas Aquinas All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. ~St. Thomas Aquinas To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.