Uncommon sense

words of wisdom

In the end, it is conscience that will have the last word, stronger than all strategies, all ideologies and also all religions.... Peace is still possible...
- Cardinal Etchegaray

Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
- Saint Therese of Lisieux

It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good
and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and
deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.
- Leo Tolstoy

To see the miraculous within the ordinary is the mark of highest wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

See the Face of God in everyone.
- St.Catherine L’aboure

We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
- Oscar Romero

If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary; if you're busier than the Pope, you're too busy.
- Fr. James Peterson

We are God's creative works in process. God alone knows what we shall become. What might He have in store in the fullness of our time? In the beginning, God created Light. In Mary, God became flesh. What will God become in us this Advent?
- Thomas Hoffman

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.
- Pico Iyer

“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.” 
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.” 
― Carroll Bryan