The one thing the moderns will not trust a man to do is to conduct his own life. – G. K. Chesterton, Abolishing the Ordinary)

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future (Oscar Wilde)

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. (G.K. Chesterton)

Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God (Saint...

For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for...

What we know of the virtues of the saints is the least part of them (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)

But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God; wait...

Hope is patience with the lamp lit (Tertullian)

When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost...

Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being...