"A story can sing the truth and not just tell it."

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Source : Andrew M. Greeley, Robert Barron (2007). “The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out”, p.8, Rowman & Littlefield

Robert Barron

#Stories Quotes

“Wow, I did so much for young black girls and girls around the world.”
“History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo? Would that change what I had for breakfast?”

Source : "Fictional character: Chris Stevens". TV Series "Northern Exposure" ("The Body in Question", 1991), 1990-1995.
“IF you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when?”
“Shed the past, forget the future, and fall into the moment feet first.”
“Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.”
“Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.”
“To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men have gone without a trace? The iniquity of oblivion blindly scatters her poppyseed and when wretchedness falls upon us one summer's day like snow, all we wish for is to be forgotten.”
“We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.”

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