SO GOOD QUOTES

  • Since I had already searched outside myself for fulfillment in nearly every possible way, I thought, why not up the ante? I decided to quit my job and sell everything that wouldn’t fit in a suitcase.  Then I set out on a journey across three continents in search of my life’s purpose. I wanted to locate the elusive intersection where my unique gifts and experiences collided with something the world needed. I hated when people asked if I was trying to “find myself” because this made me sound like a cliché, but really, that was exactly what I was doing. I was like a little kid on a scavenger hunt, scuttling over rocks and lifting logs, hoping to find something that had been in my pocket all along. Eventually, I did find what I was looking for. I found threads of it in every country I visited (there were seven in total: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia) during my yearlong odyssey.

    The place where I truly came home to myself was much less exotic than expected—my inner, authentic self. She had been waiting patiently for me to put down my suitcase, quit distracting myself with outward pursuits, and return to join her in her natural habitat.

    The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World
    Michaela Chung

  • “Run from places of sin as from the plague. For when fruit is not present, we have no frequent desire to eat it.”

    —St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent

  • “He who is unfaithful in little is also unfaithful in much.”

    —St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent

  • “You don’t just stop loving someone because they don’t love you back.”

    —Roald Dahl, Esio Trot

  • It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.   Mark 10:25

    Studies say, the higher you go, the higher your net worth, the more money you have, the less percentage you end up giving. The more people have, the less people give on average percentage wise. Why is that? Because when you have little, you know that the little is not going to take care of you. When you only have a few things, you say, “this cannot possibly provide for me – my trust is in someone bigger.”

    —Fr. Antony Paul, THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES

  • We cannot afford to waste our time doing things that don’t glorify God. Every second of every day was given to us as an opportunity.
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    Every detail matters; no factor in life is insignificant. Our mannerisms, our works, our thoughts, the music we listen to and our hobbies… these are all small, but proactive ways to glorify God.

    And we must trust that the reward is worth it.

    —Fr. Antony Paul, BATTLING AGAINST SPIRITUAL LAZINESS

  • We should always say the Jesus prayer wherever we are; not just in the morning or at night. When we walk, we should not waste our free time, but instead take advantage of it and repeat the prayer. When we are working in a busy place and it is difficult for us to concentrate on praying, we can quietly chant without disturbing others.

    —Saint Paisios

  • “Be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don’t torment them with your doubts and don’t frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn’t be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn’t necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again.”

    —Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

  • “Much can be said without much being spoken.”

    —Henri Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

  • A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attach him saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’

    —St. Anthony the Great