"So among other things I use the way my Truth described when he said, 'I am the true vine, my Father is the vinedresser, and you are the branches.' He is the true vine because he proceeds from me, the Father, and whoever remains in him by following his teaching will bear fruit. And so [...]
"If you have anything against any man, forgive it: you come here to receive forgiveness of sins, and thou also must forgive him that has sinned against you. Else with what face will you say to the Lord, Forgive me my many sins, if you have not yourself forgiven your fellow-servant even his little sins." [...]
"Openness to life is at the centre of true development. When a society moves towards the denial or suppression of life, it ends up no longer finding the necessary motivation and energy to strive for man's true good. If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of a new life is lost, then other forms [...]
"Contentment is not an innate virtue. It is acquired through great resolution and diligence in conquering unruly desires; hence it is an art which few study." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy." Source: Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus: BULL OF INDICTION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY
"Concupiscence in general – and the concupiscence of the body in particular – attacks precisely this 'sincere gift': it deprives man, one could say, of the dignity of the gift, which is expressed by his body through femininity and masculinity, and in some sense 'depersonalizes' man, making him an object 'for the other.'” Pope [...]
"It is therefore necessary to cultivate a public conscience that considers food and access to water as universal rights of all human beings, without distinction or discrimination." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
"Meditation gives birth to perseverance, and perseverance ends in perception, and what is accomplished with perception cannot be easily rooted out." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
"I worshipped Him the oftenest that I could, keeping my mind in His holy Presence, and recalling it as often as I found it wandered from Him. I found no small pain in this exercise, and yet I continued it, notwithstanding all the difficulties that occurred, without troubling or disquieting myself when my mind had [...]
"Further, directly you are conscious of an angry act, atone for the fault by some speedy act of meekness toward the person who excited your anger." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.