• “‘Overcome evil with good.’ [Romans 12:21]  For you cannot conquer evil with evil, just as you cannot put out fire by fire, but only by water.”

    —St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ

  • “We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”

    —Jim Rohn

  • “The man who prays in faith never employs (or is engaged in) ways and means.”

    —St Isaac the Syrian, Ascetical Homilies

  • Things happen in our lives—moments happen—we’re saved from certain things. God touches our hearts in certain ways, and yet there is no change. …Why?  Because change means I need to change. Something in my life has to change. …It might mean that I have to change certain things about myself—certain behaviors, certain relationships. …It might mean I need to have a real hard think about the way I’m living my life. …It might mean I might have to look like a fool socially.  …it may mean that I have to look at that thing in my life which I know is not appropriate, but it gives me joy and it gives me pleasure, and so I keep it there. Change is required.

    We Need Change
    Sunday Homilies, 4 Feb 18
    February 4, 2018 • Fr. Daniel Fanous

  • My own definition of success is “leaving your corner of the world better than you found it.” Your “corner” may be focused on a single town or a neighborhood within a city, or it may carry you to dozens of countries. Whatever your sphere of influence, when you are seeking to enrich the lives of others through relationships, you will find the most satisfying form of success.

    Love as a Way of Life
    Gary Chapman

  • ​​“We cannot have trust in someone whom we know only superficially. We must know this someone, we must have created a relationship with him. In the end it is necessary to love this someone in order to have confidence in him. Our knowledge of God does not come from books, nor is it the result of reflection. To arrive at knowledge of God, it is necessary to cultivate a relationship with Him. We do not know God as an idea, as the result of a process of thought. It is something else entirely: God is known through an immediate relationship, and it is this which we must seek.”

    —Alexander Schmemann

  • “Too much indecision is a decision.”

    — Brianna Wiest

  • “Very often, people could be so much more interesting—to themselves, to others—if they were just honest.  If they weren’t so afraid of saying things like, ‘How am I going to look if I say this?’”

    —David Heinemeier Hansson

  • If the “meaning” of life or the “solution” to life’s problems could be summed up in one word, I believe that word would be love. This is a conclusion I have reached through my (hereto) thirty-four years of life; but although I often change my opinion on major topics as I get older, I believe that no matter how long I will yet live, on this point my mind will never change. I cannot see any virtue that comes close to this one in the blessings and fruit it produces, and I have never seen any loss that has produced more hurt and pain than the loss of love.

    What is the Best Part of Life?  The Value of Love and Connecting with Others

  • “Instead of asking ourselves what we got done on a given day, perhaps we should be asking if our time was well spent.”

    —Srinivas Rao