Monina Curb Quotes & Sayings

The reader may not see [these meanings], but they have their effect on him nonetheless. This is the way the modern novelist sinks, or hides his theme — Flannery O'Connor

Mrs. Pontellier liked to sit and gaze at her fair companion as she might look upon a faultless Madonna. — Kate Chopin

Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger to bear its daily cross. The Mass is the most holy act of religion; you can do nothing that can give greater glory to God or be more profitable for your soul than to hear Mass both frequently and devoutly. It is the favorite devotion of the saints. — Peter Julian Eymard

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd ... " — Jim Cymbala

All great spirituality teaches about letting go of what you don't need and who you are not. Then, when you can get little enough and naked enough and poor enough, you'll find that the little place where you really are is ironically more than enough and is all that you need. At that place, you will have nothing to prove to anybody and nothing to protect.
That place is called freedom. It's the freedom of the children of God. Such people can connect with everybody. They don't feel the need to eliminate anybody ... — Richard Rohr

Daily memorise one passage of Scripture. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Spitting on someone was the most disrespectful thing anyone could do to a person. — Jazmyne

Create a fog within a fog — Lorraine Heath

Before a fight I empty my mind. Every fighter is able to lose. It is not a big thing. You have to accept what comes and remain calm. — Lyoto Machida

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey

Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far from God, deprived of light, and he lives in darkness ... Whoever does not have the love of Christ is an enemy of Christ. He walks in darkness and is easily lead into any sin. — Ephrem The Syrian

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes. — Nicolas Chamfort

If an ant looked to the towers men build, it could not dig it's own hole — Bangambiki Habyarimana

It is not up to the senators to determine whether an NGO is bogus or not — Jinggoy Estrada

Nearly every notable event in 'Wake' has a date or a time stamp. — Lisa McMann