Showing posts with label Unhappiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unhappiness. Show all posts

Saturday, December 10, 2016

QUOTATION: Unhappiness

Fulton J. Sheen
There is no surer formula for discontent than to try to satisfy our cravings for the ocean of Infinite Love from the teacup of finite satisfactions.

--Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Peace of Soul, 1949

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

QUOTATION: The Greatest Deception

St. John Paul II
The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.

--St. John Paul II, Homily, World Youth Day, Toronto, July 28, 2002

Friday, August 22, 2014

QUOTATION: We're Our Own Worst Enemies

St. Alphonsus Liguori
We are our own worst enemies because we make ourselves unhappy by not accepting what is; by preferring things to be other than what they are.

--St. Alphonsus Liguori, Uniformity to the Divine Will

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

QUOTATION: Unhappiness

St. Josemaria Escriva
You are unhappy? Think: there must be an obstacle between God and me. You will seldom be wrong.

--St Josemaria Escriva