One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
—Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

The Bible is very easy to understand—but we pretend to be unable to understand it, because we know very well that the minute we do, we are obligated to act accordingly.
—Søren Kierkegaard

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.
—Michael Novak

The cross is the school of love.
—Saint Maximilian Kolbe

God had one son on Earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
—Saint Augustine of Hippo

This is the reason for our hope: that God never tires of waiting for us. When we turn away, he comes looking for us; when we fall, he lifts us to our feet; when we return to him after losing our way, he waits for us with open arms.
—Pope Francis

Every time I make a little leap, I catch a glimpse of the One who runs out to me and invites me into his joy, the joy in which I can find not only myself, but also my brothers and sisters.
―Henri J.M. Nouwen

One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
—Matthew 4:4b

He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
—Saint Catherine of Siena

As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
—Maya Angelou

The Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot.
—Saint Augustine

Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
 —Anne Lamott, author

Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
—Embolism, Roman Rite of the Mass, prior to 2011

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
—Helen Keller

Do not go in pursuit of [God] outside yourself. You will only become distracted and you won’t find him, or enjoy him more than by seeking him within you.
—Saint John of the Cross

Authority is a service, and as such should be exercised, for the good of all and for the dissemination of the gospel.
—Pope Francis

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?
—Saint Gerard Majella

At last I have found my vocation: My vocation is love.
—Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Sin is the wound. Repentance is the medicine.
—Saint John Chrysostom

The meaning of life has been lost in the wind
And some people thinkin' that the end is close by
'Stead of learnin' to live they are learnin' to die 
—Bob Dylan

Healing begins with our taking our pain out of its diabolic isolation and seeing that whatever we suffer, we suffer it in communion with all of humanity.
—Henri Nouwen

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
—Martin Luther

It is no use saying: ”Speak, Lord, your servant wants to hear,” if we never risk the silence to listen. 
—M. Basil Pennington

I always like those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination. 
—Brad Pitt, actor

If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family.
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta

One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry. 
—Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry

The family is indeed sacred: It is the place in which life—the gift of God—can be properly welcomed and protected.
—Pope John Paul II in Centesimus Annus

Jesus is the only person in recorded history whose parents thought he was a child of God rather than their own creative project and possession.
—Polly Berrien Berends in Gently Lead