A commonplace journal is a place where you collect quotes, and other ideas that are meaningful to you. Here I share part of my collection with you, enjoy. –Ash
Jesus saw fit to enlighten me about this mystery. He set the book of nature before me and I saw that all the flowers He has created are lovely. The splendour of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. I realized that if every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness and there would be no wild flowers to make the meadows gay. It is just the same in the world of souls- which is the garden of Jesus. He has created the great saints who are like the lilies and the roses, but He has also created much lesser saints and they must be content to be the daisies or the violets which rejoice His eyes whenever He glances down. Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be. -St. Therese of Lisieux
Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you look to heaven and the problem that made you look for God. -St. Padre Pio
The secret of joy is Christ in me- not me in a different set of circumstances. -E. Elliot
When poisons become fashionable, they do not cease to kill. -C.S. Lewis
Only the disciplined are truly free. The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and passions. -S. Covey
You cannot wish for both a strong character and an easy life. The price of each is the other. -J. Ortberg
The tongue is always the greatest portrait of the heart. -D. Benge
Four things you cannot recover: the stone after it’s thrown, the word after it’s said, the occasion after it’s missed, and the time after it’s gone. -D. Wadsworth
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. –J.A. Shedd
Satan’s goal was not to see Job suffer, it was to see Job sin in his suffering. –unk
Diary of a Catholic Revert 