January 2011
70 posts
“Never allow the parasite of habit, of routine, of old age to lodge within your...”
– John Paul II, in an address to members of Communion and Liberation, Castelgandolfo, September 12, 1985
“In [John Paul II], we immediately recognized a man – with a temperament and an...”
– Don Julián Carrón
“The root of man’s joy is the harmony he enjoys with himself. He lives in...”
– Benedict XVI
“The need for goodness, justice, truth, and happiness constitutes man’s...”
– Luigi Giussani, The Religious Sense, p 10
“…an inner countenance, a ‘heart,’ as the Bible would say,...”
– Luigi Giussani, The Religious Sense, p 9
“As I see it, only two types of men capture entirely the grandeur of the human...”
– Don Giussani, The Religious Sense, p 9
“The faith is not given us in order that we preserve it, but in order that we...”
– Luigi Giussani, Written contribution to the XXI plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, 2004
“The faith is not given us in order that we preserve it, but in order that we...”
– Luigi Giussani, Written contribution to the XXI plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, 2004
“For me, reason is openness to reality, a capacity to seize and affirm it in all...”
– Luigi Giussani, The Religious Sense
“For me, reason is openness to reality, a capacity to seize and affirm it in all...”
– Luigi Giussani, The Religious Sense
“We believe fishermen, not dialecticians.”
– St Ambrose
“We believe fishermen, not dialecticians.”
– St Ambrose
“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
– St Ambrose
“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
– St Ambrose
“When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals,...”
– St Ambrose
“When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals,...”
– St Ambrose
“Give me the grace, good Lord, to think my worst enemies my best friends, for...”
– St Thomas More, composed in the Tower of London while awaiting his execution
“And precisely by faith in the superabundant LOVE that has been given to us in...”
– (via vitae2day)
“The Word of God is the true star, which in the uncertainty of human discourse...”
– The Bible is the star of Bethlehem for today, Pope says (via quaerere-deum)
“The Word of God is the true star, which in the uncertainty of human discourse...”
– The Bible is the star of Bethlehem for today, Pope says (via quaerere-deum)
“He places himself naked in our arms, this little child from whom, according to...”
– Paul Claudel (via MagnificatUK)
“He places himself naked in our arms, this little child from whom, according to...”
– Paul Claudel (via MagnificatUK)
“I think ‘The Simpsons’ is important art. On the other hand,...”
– David Foster Wallace
“I think ‘The Simpsons’ is important art. On the other hand,...”
– David Foster Wallace
“If God has become a man and is present to me and you, this Presence determines...”
– Fr. Luigi Giussani, Is It Possible to Live This Way? Vol. 3 Charity (via quaerere-deum)
“It is within your power to experience a crowded, loud, slow, consumer-hell-type...”
– David Foster Wallace
“It is within your power to experience a crowded, loud, slow, consumer-hell-type...”
– David Foster Wallace
“It’s not that students don’t “get” Kafka’s humor...”
– David Foster Wallace
“It’s not that students don’t “get” Kafka’s humor...”
– David Foster Wallace
“It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do...”
– David Foster Wallace
“It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do...”
– David Foster Wallace