Quotes from Matthew Kelly

Can something that has been broken be put back together in a way that makes it more beautiful than ever before?

our quest for intimacy we must move beyond our preoccupation with the physical and understand what each of the four aspects has to contribute to our relationships. Physical intimacy is limited. But emotional, intellectual, and spiritual intimacies are limitless, and relatively unexplored. And, truth be told, if you truly wish to experience the upper reaches of physical intimacy you must first explore and develop the depths of emotional, intellectual, and spiritual intimacy.

A mission doesn't have to be lifelong. Many are temporary and usually prepare us, in ways unknown to us at the time, for some future mission.

Most people live and die without even scratching the surface of their potential.

In every moment of every day, resistance is there, waiting to pounce. The hardest war to win is one you don't even realize you are fighting, and the hardest enemy to defeat is the one you don't even know exists. Every day you are at war with resistance.

The worldly scope and scale of your unique mission is irrelevant; what matters is that you embrace the role that is especially suited to you.

In every moment of every day, resistance is there, waiting to pounce. The hardest war to win is one you don't even realize you are fighting, and the hardest enemy to defeat is the one you don't even know exists. Every day you are at war with resistance. Make no mistake, resistance is your enemy. It will not quietly go away and leave you alone. You have to slay it like a dragon, and you have to slay it anew each day.

Things that we cannot name tend to build in mystery and become dangerous. Simply naming, defining, and learning to recognize resistance in the moments of our days causes it to lose most of its power over us. It is no longer a mystery because we have named it.

Between the gathering of information, the seeking of opinions, and the actions of our lives, another process takes place: decision making. Decisions cannot be made in a vacuum; they are made in space and time. To make an effective decision, we must have some goal toward which we are moving. If not, we find ourselves deciding because "Uncle Frank said it was the right thing to do" or "Reverend George told me it was best this way." In

Know thyself; know your strengths and weaknesses; your relation to the universe; your potentialities; your spiritual heritage; your aims and purposes; take stock of thyself. —SOCRATES

We begin by turning to God in prayer. "Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name" (Psalm 86:11). Lord, inspire me to live an undivided life. Cast everything out of my life that creates an obstacle to the unified life you created me to live, and give me the courage to make decisions that defend and celebrate unity of life. Amen.

doesn't stop, but he slows down. "How are you?

We are all struggling with something. Some of our struggles are easier to hide than others. My struggle with food is there for all to see. Others can hide their struggles. But sometimes being able to hide our struggles makes them harder, not easier.

We have become people of the device.

The lesson I learned was that someone can look perfectly fine, but you never know what is going on inside—and everyone has something going on inside.

We are called to become people of prayer, not people of the device.

You will never have more happiness than discipline…People are most fully alive when they embrace a life of discipline, it awakens us from our philosophical stupor.

Holy Moments are going to make you insanely happy.

You cannot succeed at anything unless you are willing and able to delay gratification...Resistance hates discipline. It hates self-control. Resistance abhors delayed gratification and any type of self-denial that makes your heart, mind, and soul strong.

Boredom is a manifestation of selfishness. It can only occur when we are overly focused on ourselves. It always means that we have set God and neighbor aside to focus exclusively on ourselves, and that is never a recipe for happiness.

ACTION STEP If you are ever bored, look for a way to get outside yourself and serve others.

From time to time it is good for us all to learn to listen again. Listen to those you love. Listen to your body. Listen to your conscience and soul. Listen to God.

When he realized Mother Teresa carries everything she owns in a small bag, he made an effort to simplify his own life. He says, "I try to remember what really counts—not money, or titles, or possessions, but the way we love others.

It is impossible to be bored at Mass if you come to listen to what God has to say to you right now in your life. It doesn't matter how good or bad the homily is; God will speak to you through it. It doesn't matter how good or bad the music is; God will speak to you through it. Whether it is a wonderful, prayerful mood or there are kids running up and down the aisle throwing crayons and eating potato chips; God will speak to you.