"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it’s between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway."
- Blessed Mother Teresa


"Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world."
-anonymous


"Since Christ Himself has said, "This is My Body" who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?" 
-St. Cyril of Jerusalem

‎"In the face of a man's death, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibilities of each person before God and before men, and hopes and works so that every event may be the occasion for the further growth of peace and not of hatred." - Fr. Federico Lombardi, Vatican Spokesman, May 2, 2011

“Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone, to have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively.

But to a Christian, God says, ‘No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone, with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me, with having an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone.  Discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, will you be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you.  You will never be united with another until you are united with Me alone, exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desires or longings.

I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing… one that you cannot imagine.  Please allow Me to bring it to you.  You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things.  Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I Am.  Keep listening and learning the things I tell you.  You just wait.  That’s all.  Don’t be anxious.  Don’t worry.  Don’t look at the things you think you want; you just keep looking off and away up to Me, or you’ll miss what I want to show you.  And then, when you are ready, I’ll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than any you could dream of.  You see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready (I am working, even at this moment, to have you both ready at the same time), until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you, you won’t be able to experience the love that exemplified your relationship with Me.  And this is the perfect love.

And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love, I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me, and to enjoy materially and concretely, the everlasting union of beauty, perfection and love that I offer you with Myself.  Know that I love utterly.  I Am God.  Believe it and be satisfied.’”

~St. Anthony of Padua

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”   -Marianne Williamson, used by Nelson Mandela