Quotes – the friar patch

The Name of Jesus

Meaning

Just Because

Good Cheer

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness. Not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle

Ease

Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff. — Robert Eliot, writer

Aging

Paradise Lost

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? – John Milton, “Paradise Lost, X, 743-45”

Cat Ego

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. — Christopher Hitchens