A Quote for the Day

Only those who hate life can ever think of ending it, no matter what the rationalizations maybe.

Our wounds are the proofs that we are alive.

If God had been a symbol, we are nothing but alphanumeric characters having the grandest illusion of possessing life.

Our lives mean something of value only when we stand for the truth. If others would refuse, and even bend over back to withhold, the truth, just enjoy the better part of the difference that you have with you.

One serious obstacle in the growth of faith is the conviction that God has no involvement in the affairs of man, each moment each day, including such an ordinary things as finding a space to park or getting the traffic light to go "red" just in time to let you step down from a jeepneey in a no-stopping street corner.

Oftentimes we missed the fact that the life we despise is someone else's dream.

The most essential things in life comes without color. Imagine what water or air be in black or blue or even pink. Color in nature is a byproduct of natural processes. In the world of humans, it is added to break the monotony of a meaningless existence. Color tries to add life into the lifelessness of a rather unreflected life.

More evil descends upon a person who, after having learned the way of the Cross, gave it up for the easy and abundant life of the world.

There are roads in life wherein, once you take it, there will be no turning back. All you can do is brave the surprises along the way.

Solving puzzles, like overcoming challenges in life, is about picking up the right pieces, making the right combinations, a few luck, and lots of prayer. (A quote from the chapter, "Puzzles," in my new book, Essays, Volume I , which will be out next year.)

The stake is always very high when losses are counted in lives.

Adults can certainly teach children all about life. But there is one thing that only children can teach adults--what life is all about.

Common sense is not that common as we presume it to be. Each person has his own sets of common sense that others may not share. Albeit they can provide practical solutions in specific circumstances in life unique to the person.

You will know people who truly love you when you see them with you in the worst times of your life. (photo: Christopher Erney Sculpture Studio )

It is better for a person to have lived a life of grievous sin, and then repented, than for a person to have lived a virtuous life, and then sinned grievously and not repent.