Our culture places a very high premium on self-expression, but is relatively disinterested in producing “selves” that are worth expressing.
In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.
To be truly intimate with another person, is to share every aspect of yourself with that person.
Superficiality is the curse of the modern world.
Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life be an action.
The abuse of a good does not diminish the good of a good.
You cannot be healthy and happy without discipline. If you want to measure the level of happiness in your life, just measure the level of discipline in your life. You will never have more happiness than you have discipline.
Love is a choice, love is an act of will, you can choose to love.
When you voice your disagreement, begin by talking about what you have in common with the person you are arguing with. Too often we rush to judgment, race to argue, and overlook all the common ground we share.
It has been my experience that nothing changes a person’s life more than the discovery of one solitary truth: There is a meaning and purpose to life. More specifically: There is a meaning and purpose to your life.
Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.
The beauty of Catholicism is every human being’s right.
The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.
We don’t want to think about our weaknesses. We don’t want to talk about them, and we certainly don’t want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this moment in history.
The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage.
When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good.
Discipline is the path to happiness.
Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.
The message delivered with unrelenting enthusiasm by our culture is, ‘You can be happy without discipline. Do whatever you feel like doing and you will be happy!’ While the Church says, ‘You cannot be happy without discipline In fact, discipline is the path to happiness!’
Prayer is like a great love. When you start dating the silence can be awkward, but as you grow to know each other you can sit in silence for hours and just being with each other is a great comfort.
Truth be told, our modern education systems crush the very spirit they claim to instill.