Resentment.... is the source of untold misery and spiritual disease.  - Prayers for Addicted Persons and Their Loved Ones; Nat'l Catholic Council on Alcoholism and Related Drug Problems (NCCA); p. 9.  -if interested, you can get the prayer booklet for f… more »

There are two extreme errors, one of too little freedom, the other of too much.  One would dam up the river, the other would destroy its banks and make a swamp.  - Fulton J. Sheen, Children and PARENTS - Wisdom and Guidance for Parents, p. 6 as a paren… more »

Egoism and a genuine love of self are not only not identical, but are also mutually exclusive.  ...egoism is often due to one's own inner strife... the proper attitude to one's I grows spontaneously in an atmosphere of freedom from self.   - Benedict XV… more »

"Love the truth of an object more than your attachment to the opinions you have already formed about it... (i.e.), love the truth more than yourself."  -Luigi Giussani (from "The Religious Sense" pp. 31) i can get very defensive about my positions on t… more »

"He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king."  -St. Augustine (found at www.ironiccatholic.com) The 'evil' doesn't have to be criminal or scandalous.  When i'm envious or resentful (with the best of r… more »