February 21

“When once the moment and the expression of righteous indignation was over, he had a wonderful power of putting attacks, and the individuals who made them, out of his mind, and going on his way. ‘Life is too hard work in itself,’ he would say, ‘to let one stop to hate and suspect people.”

From Life of Charles Kingsley

“Never let your thoughts dwell on a matter in which another has made you sore. If you do, a hundred aggravating circumstances will spring up in your mind, which will make the slightest offence swell up to the most formidable dimensions. Try to realise God’s Presence; the realising it ever so little has a wonderfully soothing and calming influence. ‘My Presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.’”

GOULBURN

“When thou art annoyed and offended by others, do not let thy mind dwell upon them, or on such thoughts as these: ‘That they ought not so to have treated thee,’ ‘Who are they, or who do they think themselves to be?’ and the like; for all this is fuel and a kindling of anger, wrath and hatred.”

SCUPOLI