Clive Seychell

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

‘Una vita senza parola può giovare di più che una parola senza vita.’ Abba Isidoro di Pelusio

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

‘Colui che possiede in verità la parola di Gesù può udire anche il suo silenzio.’ Ignazio di Antiochia

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

‘Sono persuaso che per un cristiano oggi, nella società occidentale complessa, difficile, secolarizzata, sia praticamente impossibile perseverare nella fede senza nutrirsi anche personalmente della Scrittura.’ Carlo Maria Martini

[Card. Gianfranco Ravasi @CardRavasi]

È più facile rinunciare alla propria felicità che al proprio orgoglio (Paul Claudel)

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

The older i grow and the more I meet people, the more I realise that the greatest and most grateful and beautiful people are those who have suffered, embraced their suffering and made sense of it in Jesus...only these people can speak of ‘the beauty of suffering’!

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Before helping others, we need to have a personal encounter with God: we need time to pray and to listen to His Word.

[Card. Gianfranco Ravasi @CardRavasi]

L’unica autorità credibile è quella che nasce dal mettersi ai piedi degli altri per servire Cristo (Papa Francesco)

[Card. Gianfranco Ravasi @CardRavasi]

Il demonio non può nulla sulla volontà, pochissimo sull'intelligenza, e tutto sulla fantasia (Joris-Karl Huysmans)

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“To become a Catholic is not to leave off thinking, but to learn how to think.” (10/10) #10daysWithChesterton

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“Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.” (9/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“There is only one really startling thing to be done with the ideal, and that is to do it.” (8/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“A society is in decay when common sense has become uncommon.” (7/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.” (6/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“Hate the world enough to want to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing.” (5/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” (4/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“Right is right, even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.” (3) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“There are no uneducated people. Everybody...is educated; only most people are educated wrong.” (2/10) #10daysWithChesterton

[Clive Seychell @CliveSeychell]

“The test of all happiness is gratitude.” #10daysWithChesterton