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Social media has embedded itself in the nightly routines of most people. We get a daily dose of updates from friends, bloggers, and meme accounts — but even on #TransformationTuesday, is there anything there that’s really helping us reflect on our day?

Introducing #GrottoMoment — a weekday video series that gives you a chance to pause, reflect, and be inspired.

Whether watching in bed, on your commute, or on a study break, we invite you to take a #GrottoMoment and reflect on your day with mindfulness.

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St. Teresa of Ávila quote about love: "Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Henry David Thoreau quote on mindfulness: "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."

Henry David Thoreau

C.S. Lewis quote on healing: "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains."

C.S. Lewis

G.K. Chesterton quote on gratitude: "The critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

G.K. Chesterton

St. Mother Teresa quote on silence: "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness."

St. Mother Teresa

St. Hildegard of Bingen quote on beauty: "All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance."

St. Hildegard of Bingen

Epicurus quote on perseverance: "The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."

Epicurus

Nelson Mandela quote on compassion: "Our human compassion binds us the one to the other."

Nelson Mandela

Abraham Lincoln quote on mercy: "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

Abraham Lincoln

St. Teresa of Ávila quote on healing: "Pain is never permanent."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on kindness: "You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Andrew Murray quote on humility: "Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you."

Andrew Murray

Thomas Merton quote on wholeness: "Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony."

Thomas Merton

St. Hildegard of Bingen quote on goodness: "God is the Good and all things which proceed from Him are good."

St. Hildegard of Bingen

Thomas Merton quote on journey: "Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul."

Thomas Merton

Aristotle quote on perseverance: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on truth: "Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henri Nouwen quote on silence: "Without silence, words lose their meaning; without listening, speaking no longer heals."

Henri Nouwen

St. Pope Paul VI quote on social justice: "If you want peace work for justice."

St. Pope Paul VI

Brené Brown quote on gratitude: "What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude."

Brené Brown

St. Gianna Beretta Molla quote about love: "Love is the most beautiful sentiment that the Lord has put into the soul of men and women."

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Fulton Sheen quote on joy: "Will what God wills, and your joy no man shall take from you."

Fulton Sheen

Fr. Jacques Philippe quote on goodness: "Welcoming the calls of grace, even in small things, bears much fruit."

Fr. Jacques Philippe

C.S. Lewis quote on truth: "What seems our worst prayers may really be, in God’s eyes, our best."

C.S. Lewis

Pope Francis quote about faith: "In the face of unjust and painful situations, faith brings us the light which scatters the darkness."

Pope Francis

G.K. Chesterton quote on wonder: "We are perishing for lack of wonder, not for lack of wonders."

G.K. Chesterton

St. Padre Pio quote on service: "Serve the Lord with laughter."

St. Padre Pio

Thomas Merton quote on potential: "Realize how much God is working in your soul and how much more He will work."

Thomas Merton

Fr. Jacques Philippe quote on faith: "God lets Himself be won over by the trust we put in Him."

Fr. Jacques Philippe

St. Thérèse of Lisieux quote on mindfulness: "Prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look toward Heaven."

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Sister Wendy Beckett quote on truth: "God could never make demands that we couldn't meet, could he?"

Sister Wendy Beckett

St. John Vianney quote on growth: "The saints did not all begin well, but they ended well."

St. John Vianney

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on humility: "There is something about humility that strangely exalts the heart."

St. Augustine of Hippo

Love’s free ‘yes’ is the only thing for which God must wait."" —Pope Benedict XVI quote on love.

Pope Benedict XVI

St. Padre Pio quote on joy: "Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity."

St. Padre Pio Quote on Joy

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati quote on faith: "As long as faith gives me strength, I will always be joyful."

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

"We know the truth not only by reason but by the heart." —Blaise Pascal quote on truth.

Blaise Pascal

Helen Keller quote on journey: "What we have once enjoyed we can never lose."

Helen Keller

G.K. Chesterton quote on justice: "To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."

G.K. Chesterton

Arleen Spencerley quote on potential: "You are living a story that will reveal God's glory."

Arleen Spencerly

Colossians 3:2 scripture on calling: "Think of what is above, not of what is on Earth."

Colossians 3:2

Søren Kierkegaard quote on wholeness: "The saint is who wills one thing."

Søren Kierkegaard

St. Francis de Sales quote on faith: "Devotion which is true hinders nothing' on the contrary, it perfects everything."

St. Francis de Sales

St. Aloysius Gonzaga quote on humility: "It is better to be a child of God than king of the whole world."

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Jesus to St. Faustina quote on trust: "The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive."

Jesus to St. Faustina

St. Mother Teresa quote on community: "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person-to-person."

St. Mother Teresa

Pope Francis quote on wonder: "May we constantly welcome the Lord's surprises."

Pope Francis

Sr. Miriam James Heidland quote on truth: "When we live in truth, we live in joy."

Sr. Miriam James Heidland

C.S. Lewis quote on growth: "Where we find difficulty, we may always expect that a discovery awaits us."

C.S. Lewis

Mark Twain quote on goodness: "Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Mark Twain

J.R.R. Tolkien quote on courage: "Courage is found in unlikely places."

J.R.R. Tolkien

St. Julian of Norwich quote on wonder: "All life's pleasures and comforts are sacramental; they are God's hands touching us."

St. Julian of Norwich

Pope Benedict XVI quote on joy: "True joy is different from pleasure; joy grows and matures in suffering."

Pope Benedict XVI

E.E. Cummings quote on growth: "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

E.E. Cummings

Henri Nouwen quote on truth: "The prayer of the heart is the prayer of truth."

Henri Nouwen

Maya Angelou quote on service: "Among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."

Maya Angelou

St. Mother Teresa quote on goodness: "Let us all be one heart, full of love."

St. Mother Teresa

St. Teresa of Ávila quote on potential: "Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Blessed Oscar Romero quote about faith: "Faith ought to inspire political action, but not be mistaken for it."

Blessed Oscar Romero

Max De Pree quote on growth: "We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are."

Max De Pree

Rosa Parks quote on courage: "Knowing what must be done does away with fear."

Rosa Parks

Gerard Manley Hopkins quote on truth: "The best ideal is the true and other truth is none."

Gerard Manley Hopkins

St. Ignatius of Loyola quote on humility: "He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself."

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Dorothy Day quote on community: "We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."

Dorothy Day

St. Maximilian Kolbe quote on vulnerability: "Love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving."

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Pope John Paul II quote about peace: "The only way to peace is forgiveness."

St. Pope John Paul II

St. Monica quote on trust: "Nothing is far from God."

St. Monica

St. John of the Cross quote on mindfulness: "Seek by reading and you will find by meditating."

St. John of the Cross

St. Teresa of Ávila quote on journey: "Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Fr. Jacques Philippe quote on healing: "Our Lord is always ready to lift us up again when we fall."

Fr. Jacques Philippe

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on love: "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

St. Augustine of Hippo

Brené Brown quote on joy: "Joy comes to us in moments — ordinary moments."

Brené Brown

Howard Washington Thurman quote on potential: "What the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Washington Thurman

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote on service: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'what are you doing with others?'"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pope Francis quote about truth: "Through an encounter with others, our gaze rises to a truth greater than ourselves."

Pope Francis

Blessed Solanus Casey quote on perseverance: "With the soul's eye fixed on eternity, struggle on."

Blessed Solanus Casey

Dorothy Day quote on wholeness: "Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul."

Dorothy Day

St. André Bessette quote on trust: "When you say to God, Our Father, He has His ear right next to your lips."

St. André Bessette

St. John of the Cross quote on growth: "The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light."

St. John of the Cross

St. Bernard of Clairvaux quote on humility: "The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility."

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bede the Venerable quote on perseverance: "Be willing to be a beginner every single morning."

St. Bede the Venerable

Pope Benedict XVI quote on silence: "Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence."

Pope Benedict XVI

Blessed Oscar Romero quote on kindness: "God is in your own heart."

Blessed Oscar Romero

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on mercy: "Be not the slave of your own past."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Vincent Van Gogh quote on love: "What is done in love is done well."

Vincent Van Gogh

Brené Brown quote on hope: "Hope is a function of struggle."

Brené Brown

J.R.R. Tolkien quote on mindfulness: "It is not the strength of the body that counts but the strength of the spirit."

J.R.R. Tolkien

St. Ignatius of Loyola quote on wholeness: "Work as if everything depended on you, pray as if everything depended on God."

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Maya Angelou quote on healing: "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself to forgive."

Maya Angelou

C.S. Lewis quote on gratitude: "Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present."

C.S. Lewis

St. John Baptiste de La Salle quote on courage: "You can do more with the grace of God than you think."

John Baptiste de La Salle

St. Julian of Norwich quote on joy: "The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything."

St. Julian of Norwich

St. Bridget of Sweden quote on mercy: "The source of justic is not vengeance but charity."

St. Bridget of Sweden

Thomas Merton quote on silence: "In silence and hope are formed the strength of saints."

Thomas Merton

Helen Keller quote about hope: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement."

Helen Keller

Blaise Pascal quote on kindness: "Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

Blaise Pascal

Bishop Robert Barron quote on calling: "The fun begins when we let God write our stories."

Bishop Robert Barron

Kim Viti Fiorentino quote on growth: "We are tiny mosaics and only God can see the whole picture."

Kim Viti Fiorentino

St. Teresa of Avila quote on compassion: "Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks out his compassion on this world."

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Bernard of Clairvaux quote on love: "The measure of love is love without measure."

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Pope Francis quote on community: "God is living in our cities."

Pope Francis

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on beauty: "Love is the beauty of the soul."

St. Augustine of Hippo

Saint Hildegard of Bingen quote on courage: "Dare to declare who you are."

St. Hildegard of Bingen

Pope Benedict XVI quote on calling: "God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us."

Pope Benedict XVI

Hans Urs von Balthasar quote on wonder: "Every experience of beauty points to eternity."

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Origen quote on kindness: "The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace much."

Origen

Blessed Oscar Romero quote on faith: "Either we believe in a God of life, or we serve the idols of death."

Oscar Romero

Simone Weil quote on beauty: "Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Simone Weil

St. Gianna Beretta Molla quote on love: "Love and sacrifice are closely linked, like the sun and the light."

St. Gianna Molla

Blaise Pascal quote on wholeness: "Don't try to add more years to your life. Better to add more life to your years."

Blaise Pascal

Flannery O’Connor quote about growth: "It is better to be young in your failures than young in your successes."

Flannery O’Connor

St. Pope John Paul II quote on peace: "Peace will be the last word of history."

St. Pope John Paul II

St. John of the Cross quote about love: "Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out."

St. John of the Cross

Simone Weil quote on compassion: "Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

Simone Weil

St. Faustina Kowalska quote on silence: "Patience, prayer, and silence: these are what give strength to the soul."

St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Thérèse of Lisieux quote on hope: "Above the clouds the sky is always blue."

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

C.S. Lewis quote on growth: "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

C.S. Lewis

St. Catherine of Siena quote about truth: "Speak the truth in a million voices. It is silence that kills."

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Thomas Aquinas quote on community: "There is nothing on this earth to be more prized than true friendship."

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Cecilia quote on goodness: "Throw away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light."

St. Cecilia

St. Padre Pio quote on healing: "Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering."

St. Padre Pio

St. Thomas Aquinas quote on faith: "The light of faith makes us see what we believe."

St. Thomas Aquinas

"The surest sign that God is alive in you is joy." —Bishop Robert Barron quote on joy.

Bishop Robert Barron

St. Therese of Lisieux quote on silence: "Silence does good to the soul."

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Francis de Sales quote on perseverance: "Do as much as you can as well as you can."

St. Frances de Sales

St. Rose of Lima quote on growth: "The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases."

St. Rose of Lima

St. Pope John Paul II quote about compassion: "The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being."

St. Pope John Paul II

St. Faustina Kowalska quote about love: "Love endures everything, lose is stronger than death, love fears nothing."

St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Teresa of Ávila quote on trust: "Though all things pass, God does not change."

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini quote on mercy: "Prayer is powerful! It fills the earth with mercy."

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

St. John of the Cross quote on hope: "In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God."

St. John of the Cross

Fr. Theodore Hesburgh quote on potential: "Mediocrity is not how we honor the Blessed Mother."

Father Theodore Hesburgh

"God wants to speak to the world by your life." —Pope Francis quote on service.

Pope Francis

St. Catherine of Siena quote on truth: "Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear."

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Pope John Paul II quote on love: "Man cannot live without love."

St. Pope John Paul II

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne quote on calling: "Embrace God's will and you will be filled with joy and peace."

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

Bishop Robert Barron quote on beauty: "The beautiful sends you on a mission."

Bishop Robert Barron

Archbishop José Gomez quote on courage: "There are no single issue saints."

Archbishop José Gomez

St. John Chrysostom quote on calling: "It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer."

St. John Chrysostom

Isaiah 43:2 scripture on peace: "When you go through deep water, I will be with you."

Scripture on Peace

St. Joan of Arc quote on courage: "I am not afraid. I was born to do this."

St. Joan of Arc

St. Mother Teresa quote on love: "Spread love everywhere you go."

St. Mother Teresa

G.K. Chesterton quote on potential: "Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most."

G.K. Chesterton

Henri Nouwen quote on hope: "Your heart is greater than your wounds."

Henri Nouwen

Pope Francis quote about love: "Love is shown by little things."

Pope Francis

St. Francis of Assisi quote on peace: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace."

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Ignatius of Loyola quote on service: "Teach us to give and not count the cost."

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. John of the Cross quote on love: "There is nothing better or more necessary than love."

St. John of the Cross

St. Gianna Beretta Molla quote on faith: "Whatever God wants."

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Dorothy Day quote on growth: "We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives."

Dorothy Day

Gerard Manley Hopkins quote on wonder: "The world is charged with the grandeur of God."

Gerard Manley Hopkins

St. Pope John Paul II quote on service: "If he asks much of you, it is because he knows you can give much."

St. Pope John Paul II

Søren Kierkegaard quote on journey: "Life can only be understood backward. But it must be lived forward."

Søren Kierkegaard

Henry David Thoreau Quote on calling: "Be not simply good. Be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau

Isaiah 35:10 scripture on healing: "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."

Isaiah 35:10

St. Ignatius of Loyola quote on potential: "The glory of God is the human person fully alive."

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Abraham Lincoln quote on hope: "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

Abraham Lincoln

Walt Whitman quote on wonder: "Be curious, not judgmental."

Walt Whitman

Mark 12:31 scripture on service: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Mark 12:31

St. Francis de Sales quote on calling: "Be who you are and be that well."

St. Francis de Sales

C.S. Lewis quote on faith: "The best is perhaps what we understand the least."

C.S. Lewis

Victor Hugo quote on love: "To love another person is to see the face of God."

Victor Hugo

Mark Twain quote on courage: "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear."

Mark Twain

St. Mother Teresa quote on growth: "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has yet to come. We only have today. Let us begin."

St. Mother Teresa

St. Catherine of Siena quote on growth: "Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring."

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on peace: "Peace is the tranquility of ordered desire."

St. Augustine of Hippo

Blessed Solanus Casey quote on gratitude: "Thank God ahead of time."Bl. Solanus Casey quote on gratitude.

Blessed Solanus Casey

St. Thomas Aquinas quote on wholeness: "Charity is the form, mover, mother, and root of all virtues."

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Padre Pio quote on hope: "Pray, hope, and don't worry."

St. Padre Pio

Pope Benedict XVI quote on courage: "Be neither afraid of the world, nor the future, nor of your weakness."

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis quote on faith: "True faith is one that makes us more charitable, more merciful."

Pope Francis

Pope Francis quote on journey: "Swim against the tide."

Pope Francis

St. Gianna Molla quote on mindfulness: "Our task is to live holy the present moment."

St. Gianna Molla

St. Pope John Paul II quote on potential: "Do not be satisfied with mediocrity."

St. John Paul II

Victor Hugo quote on hope: "Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise."

Victor Hugo

Blessed Solanus Casey quote on wonder: "Blessed be God in all his designs."

Bl. Solanus Casey

St. Ignatius of Loyola quote on love: "Love is shown more by deeds than by words."

St. Ignatius of Loyola

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." —C.S. Lewis quote on journey.

C.S. Lewis

Maya Angelou quote on calling: "Making a living is not the same thing as making a life."

Maya Angelou

Helen Keller quote on hope: "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows."

Helen Keller

Thomas Merton quote on compassion: "Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things."

Thomas Merton

St. Teresa of Avila quote on trust: "We pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Mark Twain quote about kindness: "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

Mark Twain

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano quote on love: "I still have my heart, and with that, I can always love."

Arthur Ashe

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano quote on love: "I still have my heart, and with that, I can always love."

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano

St. Mother Teresa quote on faith: "Faith in actions is love. Love in action is service."

St. Mother Teresa

Esther 4:14 scripture on calling: "Perhaps this is the moment for which you were created."

Scripture on Calling

Søren Kierkegaard quote on wonder: "Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved."

Søren Kierkegaard

Babe Ruth quote on perseverance: "It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up."

Babe Ruth

Henri Nouwen quote on joy: "We have to choose joy and keep choosing it."

Henri Nouwen

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on service: "Do what you can do and pray for what you cannot yet do."

St. Augustine of Hippo

Emily Dickinson quote on hope: "Hope inspires the good to reveal itself."

Emily Dickinson

Thomas Merton quote on love: "Love is our true destiny."

Thomas Merton

St. John of the Cross quote on trust: "However softly we speak, God is so close to us that He can hear us."

St. John of the Cross

Brené Brown quote on courage: "Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen."

Brené Brown

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote on mercy: "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on potential: "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thomas Merton quote on humility: "Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real."

Thomas Merton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton quote on joy: "Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts."

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Henri Nouwen quote on trust: "God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful or painful."

Henri Nouwen

G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton

St. Thomas Aquinas quote on love: "The things we love tell us what we are."

St. Thomas Aquinas

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano quote on hope: "I suffered a lot but my soul was singing."

Blessed Chiara Badano

Pope Francis quote on peace: "The root of peace lies in the capacity to listen."

Pope Francis

St. Mother Teresa quote on service: "It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving."

St. Mother Teresa

Thomas Merton quote on gratitude: "To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything."

Thomas Merton

St. John of the Cross quote on calling: "God leads every soul by a different path."

St. John of the Cross

Brené Brown quote on vulnerability: "Vulnerability is not weakness."

Brené Brown

Edith Stein quote on truth: "The world doesn't need what women have; it needs what women are."

Edith Stein

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton quote on mindfulness: "Be attentive to the voice of grace."

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Mark Twain quote on potential: "Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life."

Mark Twain

Henry David Thoreau quote on faith: "The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness."

Henry David Thoreau

St. Augustine of Hippo quote on healing: "I looked into my deepest wounds and was dazzled by your glory."

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Mother Teresa quote about peace: "Peace begins with a smile."

St. Mother Teresa

Maya Angelou quote on hope: "Nothing can dim the light which shines within."

Maya Angelou

Thomas Merton quote on community: "We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another."

Thomas Merton

St. Maximilian Kolbe quote on love.: "Only love has a creative power that captures souls."

St. Maximilian Kolbe

Flannery O'Connor quote on growth: "Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."

Flannery O’Connor

St. Pope John Paul II quote on potential: "The future starts today, not tomorrow."

St. John Paul II

Dorothy Day quote on love: "Ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up."

Dorothy Day

J.R.R. Tolkien quote on the journey of life: "Little by little, one travels far."

J.R.R. Tolkien

St John of the Cross quote on silence: "Silence is God's first language."

St John of the Cross

Saint Katharine Drexel quote on courage: "Press forward and fear nothing."

St. Katharine Drexel

Bishop Robert Barron quote about love: "In every moment, discern what the greatest act of love might be."

Bishop Robert Barron

"Faith lifts the soul. Hope supports it." —St. Elizabeth Ann Seton quote on faith.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

C.S. Lewis quote about wholeness: "If you want joy, peace, eternal life, you just get close to what has them."

C.S. Lewis

St. Thérèse of Lisieux quote about love: "Let us love, since that is all our hearts were made for."

Thérèse of Lisieux

St. John Paul II quote on goodness: "Darkness can only be scattered by light."

St. John Paul II

Søren Kierkegaard quote on calling: "There is a longing in my soul that searches the whole world."

Søren Kierkegaard

St. Francis of Assisi quote about hope: "A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Thomas Aquinas quote: "No man truly has joy unless he lives in love."

St. Thomas Aquinas

Cardinal John Henry Newman quote about growth: "To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

Cardinal John Henry Newman

Emily Dickinson quote about beauty: "Beauty be not caused / It is."

Emily Dickinson

J.R.R. Tolkien quote about goodness: "There is good in the world, and it's worth fighting for."

J.R.R. Tolkien

Paulo Coelho quote about service: "The world is changed by your example, not your opinion."

Paulo Coelho

Pope Francis quote about hope: "If we walk in hope, we have joy in our hearts."

Pope Francis

St. Teresa of Ávila quote on peace: "May today there be peace within."

St. Teresa of Ávila

Blessed Solanus Casey quote on mindfulness: "Man's greatness lies in being faithful to the present moment."

Blessed Solanus Casey

John Keats quote on beauty: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

John Keats

Henry David Thoreau quote on goodness: "Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

Henry David Thoreau

"Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life." —St. Philip Neri.

St. Philip Neri

St. Thérèse of Lisieux quote about our true calling: "The world is your ship and not your home."

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Elizabeth Barrett Browning quote on hope for a brighter tomorrow: "Light tomorrow with today!"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

St. Teresa of Avila quote about love: "It is love alone that gives worth to all things."

St. Teresa of Avila

Unknown quote for when you're having a bad day: "Take a deep breath. It's just a bad day, not a bad life." —Unknown

Quote on Hope

St. Augustine quote about God's love: "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

St. Augustine

Pope Benedict XVI quote on love: "Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary."

Pope Benedict XVI

Proverbs 23:18 scripture about hope: "For you will surely have a future, and your hope will not be cut off."

Proverbs 23:18

Pope Francis Quote on Love.

Pope Francis

Pope Benedict XVI quote on courage: "The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness."

Pope Benedict XVI

GK Chesterton Quote on Faith.

G.K. Chesterton

St. Joseph Cafasso quote about being called to love.

St. Joseph Cafasso

St. Augustine quote about greatness.

St. Augustine

Bible Verse about Hope, Matthew 6:34.

Matthew 6:34

Anne Frank quote on beauty.

Anne Frank

Pope Francis Quote on Kindness.

Pope Francis

St. Anthony of Padua quote on courage.

St. Anthony of Padua

Saint Katharine Drexel Quote about joy.

St. Katharine Drexel

St. Mother Teresa Quote on Service.

St. Mother Teresa

St. John XXIII Quote on Hope.

St. John XXIII

St. Francis de Sales Quote on Wholeness.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Clare of Assisi Quote on Potential.

St. Clare of Assisi

Jesus to St Faustima Quote about Mercy

Jesus to St. Faustina

Pope Francis Quote on Hope

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Quote on Love.

Pope Francis

St. Teresa of Avila Quote on Trust

St. Teresa of Avila

C.S. Lewis Quote About Humility.

C.S. Lewis

St. Catherine of Siena quote on being yourself

St. Catherine of Siena

Pope Benedict XVI quote about hope: “It is a beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.”

Pope Benedict XVI

St. Gianna Molla's happiness quote: “The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God.”

St. Gianna Molla

St. Padre Pio's quote about patience: "Continue to be patient; it will all be for your good.”

St. Padre Pio

St. Isaac of Syrian's quote about wonder: "The highest form of prayer is to stand silently in awe before God."

St. Isaac of Syrian

St. Bonaventure's quote about faith: “In everything, whether it is a thing sensed or thing known, God Himself is hidden within.”

St. Bonaventure

St. Francis of Assisi's quote about potential: “Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

St. Francis of Assisi

Pope Francis quote on mercy: “A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”

Pope Francis

St. Mother Teresa's kindness quote: “Be the living expression of God’s kindness."

St. Mother Teresa

St. Josemaria Escriva's quote about defeat: “Don’t lose heart. Today’s defeat is training for the final victory.”

St. Josemaria Escriva

St. Pope John Paul II's quote about hope: “Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

St. John Paul II

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