“Years ago atheism was an individual phenomenon; today atheism is social, the atheist who once was a curiosity, is now a component part of some of the governments of the world.  Once men quarreled because they wanted God worshipped in a certain way; now they quarrel because they do not want God worshipped at all.  The wars of religion of the seventeenth century have become the wars against religion of the twentieth century.” Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Seven Pillars of Peace)

“Just as the sun shines on all the trees and flowers as if each were the only one on earth, so does God care for all souls in a special manner.”    ― St. Thérèse of Lisieux

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.  - St. Dominic Savio

"There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love."   - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire His blood, which is love incorruptible."  St. Ignatius of Antioch  "Epistle to the Romans" c. 105 A.D

"We must never lose sight of the fact that we are either saints or outcasts, that we must love for Heaven or for Hell; there is no middle path in this."    - St John Vianney.

"My whole life down to its smallest details has been marked out for me in the plan of Divine Providence and has a completely coherent meaning in God's all-seeing eye." St. Benedicta of the Cross