Quotemeal for Saturday, March 17, 1962

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

— Mother Teresa

More Quotemeal

"The Gospel is a universal language that crosses the barriers of time to impact the lives of ordinary people."

— Michelle Jones —

"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."

— John of the Cross —

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

— John Quincy Adams —

"We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided."

— Phillips Brooks —