When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Plato
Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a...
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Peter Kreeft
If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.
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Neil Gaiman
The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.
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Matthew Kelly
As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.
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Scott Hahn
More Quotes By Gordon B. Hinckley
True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.
Life is to be enjoyed, not endured
In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living.. . Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our capacity to live by those decisions.
Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
