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not ashamed of their own ignorance; they had faith in the Holy Spirit.
“Accept the gift. And then the gift manifests itself.”
I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.
Only a man who is happy can create happiness in others.’
you have to be committed to the place you choose. A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries.
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
I was praying like a child—and like a child, I believed that our prayers would be answered.
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.
Love can only be found through the act of loving.
“I’m learning how to love you.”
“Love doesn’t ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful.
That’s why you don’t ask—you act. As you’ve said many times, you have to take risks.”
conceals hell in the midst of paradise—so
so that we won’t forget the pain as we experience the joy of compassion.”
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth.
Fate is strange:
almost no one I know married the first love of their lives. Those who did are always telling me that they missed something important, that they didn’t experience all that they might have.”
when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love.
If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.”
Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love.
you don’t know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.
...where i am now...hagving something to say and being afraid to say it
“God is here, right now, at our side.
In order to find God, you have only to look around.
“But meeting Him is not easy.
“In order to have a spiritual life,
All you have to do is have faith and accept God.
“But those who understand Him . . .” “They are the ones who transform the world—while making great sacrifices.”
penetrate the turmoil of human emotions in order to control them as well as possible.”
“We all perform miracles,”
when a certain number of people evolve, the entire human race begins to evolve.
if one can dominate the body, one can dominate the spirit.
convents had become nothing more than marriage brokerages,
The world is at a point when many people are receiving the same order: ‘Follow your dreams, transform your life, take the path that leads to God. Perform your miracles. Cure. Make prophecies. Listen to your guardian angel. Transform yourself. Be a warrior, and be happy as you wage the good fight. Take risks.’”
“At moments of transformation, martyrs are born. Before a person can follow his dream, others have to make sacrifices. They have to confront ridicule, persecution, and attempts to discredit what they are trying to do.”
“Nowadays, warriors of the light confront something worse than the honorable death of the martyrs. They are consumed, bit by bit, by shame and humiliation.
What can I do to try to prevent the suffering of someone who wants to return to paradise before it is time to do so?”
the world has stones at hand to hurl at those who first introduce the subject.” “And it has flowers to throw on those who come afterward.”
The closer we get to God through our faith, the simpler He becomes. And the simpler He becomes, the greater is His presence.
how much time I had spent fighting for something I didn’t even want.
Maybe because it was hard work to be different. Perhaps because a human being is condemned to repeat the steps taken by the previous generation until—and I was thinking of the padre—a certain number of people begin to behave in a different fashion.
no single day is the same as any other and that each morning brings its own special miracle,
It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.
Respect your time on this Earth, understand that God has always pardoned you, and learn to pardon too.”
When we least expect it, life sends us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change;
