truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:22 am

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Ovid

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:23 am

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
Ovid

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:28 am

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Michel de Montaigne

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:29 am

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Michel de Montaigne

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:32 am

One may be humble out of pride.
Michel de Montaigne

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:47 am

“If you want cure your soul, you need four things. The first is to forgive your enemies. The second is to confess thoroughly. The third is to blame yourself. The fourth is to resolve to sin no more. If we wish to be saved, we must always blame ourselves and not attribute our wrong acts to others. And God, Who is most compassionate, will forgive us.”
St. Cosmas of Aitolos

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 20 February 2007 10:48 am

Our forgiveness toward one another must be from the heart and complete. But this is not often easy. Many times we may assure ourselves that we have forgiven someone, and might even put on a nice if slightly insincere smile when we encounter that person. But in an unguarded moment, anger may flare or gossip may flow, and the truth is revealed that we have not forgiven at all.
Fr Michael Reagan