“Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.”

—Seneca

Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good. Now.

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“𝘼𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.”~𝙈𝙖𝙧 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙭𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙪𝙜 ♰

Protestantism and CI as anti-fascist tools for the destruction of hierarchy and the division of Christendom

God Alone Is Enough, by Saint Teresa of Ávila

Let nothing upset you,
let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins
all it seeks.
Whoever has God
lacks nothing:
God alone is enough.   

Detail of Sainte Thérèse, François Gérard, 1782

Jews are slayers of the Lord, murderers of the prophets, enemies and haters of God, adversaries of grace, enemies of their fathers' faith, advocates of the devil, a brood of vipers, slanderers, scoffers, men of darkened minds, the leaven of Pharisees, a congregation of demons, sinners, wicked men, haters of goodness!

St. Gregory of Nyssa