Daily quotes on developing virtue from Saints, Popes and others.
"It is by this capacity (reason and understanding) the soul drinks in wisdom, and becomes endowed with those virtues by which, in prudence, fortitude, temperance, and righteousness, it makes war upon error and the other inborn vices, and conquers them by fixing its desires upon no other object than the supreme and unchangeable Good." [...]
"Faith means emerging from the isolation of one’s existence and becoming 'one body' with Christ, that is, existential unity with him. And this always means: existential unity of all who have become 'one body.'" Source: Pope Benedict XVI, Dogmatic Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life, Ignatius Press, 2011.
"Contentment, therefore, comes in part from faith – that is, from knowing the purpose of life and being assured that whatever the trials are, they come from the hand of a loving Father. Secondly, in order to have contentment one must also have a good conscious. If the inner self is unhappy because of moral [...]
"The holy virtues are like the ladder of Jacob and the unholy vices are like the chains that fell off the chief apostle Peter. The virtues lead from one to another and carry heavenward the man who chooses him. Vices on the other hand beget and stifle one another." Source: St. John Climacus, The [...]
"When He sees a soul who loves Him greatly, He knows that soul can suffer much for Him, whereas one who loves Him little will suffer little. For my own part, I believe that love is the measure of our ability to bear crosses, whether great or small." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The [...]
"The economy needs ethics in order to function correctly – not any ethics whatsoever, but an ethics which is people-centered." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
"If you love God heartily, my child, you will often speak of Him among your relations, household, and familiar friends, and that because 'the mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.'" Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"Physical idleness deteriorates the mind, spiritual idleness deteriorates the heart." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"One way to re-collect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times: you should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your [...]
"The Church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love. The Church ‘has an endless desire to show mercy’." Source: Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus: BULL OF INDICTION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY