The Wisdom of St. Ambrose

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse. - St. Ambrose

Three for chaity

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. - Richard Baxter

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday. - Isaiah 58:10

 And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ - Matthew 25: 40

Double the politics

Politics is an excellent career, unless you get caught. - Robert Half

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. - Groucho Marx

Mutual and Apt

Two for this First week of Advent - Happy Monday.

The old repeat themselves and the young have nothing to say. The boredom is mutual. - Jacques Bainville

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. - Lord Chesterfield

Two handles

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first. - Henry Ward Beecher

Chill or ill

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. - John Wanamaker

Looking ridiculous

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. - Vaclav Havel