Small things are best: Grief and unrest To rank and wealth are given; But little things On little wings Bear little souls to Heaven. Frederick William Faber More Quotes by Frederick William Faber More Quotes From Frederick William Faber Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts, Frederick William Faber easter strong heaven We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach. Frederick William Faber perseverance determination success Kind words are the music of the world. Frederick William Faber music inspirational relationship The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. Frederick William Faber buried rocks talent Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with him, and we desire nothing more. Frederick William Faber desire heaven long Exactness in little things is a wonderful source of cheerfulness. Frederick William Faber little-things details littles We can exaggerate about many things; but we can never exaggerate our obligation to Jesus, or the compassionate abundance of the love of Jesus to us. All our lives long we might talk of Jesus, and yet we should never come to an end of the sweet things that might be said of Him. Frederick William Faber christian sweet jesus The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew Him down from heaven. Our nature attracted Him rather than the nature of angels. Our misery caused Him to stoop to our lowness. Even our sins had a sort of attraction for the abundance of His mercy and the predilection of His grace. Our repentance wins Him to us. Our love makes earth a paradise to Him; and our souls lure Him as gold lures the miser, with irresistible fascination Frederick William Faber angel blessed jesus He (God) never comes to those who do not wait. Frederick William Faber best-of-luck good-luck waiting Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,The protest of the weak against the strong. Frederick William Faber strong weak song God always fills in all hearts all the room which is left Him there. Frederick William Faber left heart rooms Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God. Frederick William Faber holiness winning men Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain! Frederick William Faber kind made happiness We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty. Frederick William Faber majesty temples world For right is right, since God is God. Frederick William Faber disloyalty Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is the queen of all devotions. It is the central devotion of the Church. All others gather round it, and group themselves there as satellites; for others celebrate his mysteries; this is Himself. It is the universal devotion. No one can be without it, in order to be a Christian. How can a man be a Christian who does not worship the living Presence of Christ? Frederick William Faber queens blessed christian Good is that darkening of our lives, Frederick William Faber darkening hopeless grief For children is there any happiness which is not also noise? Frederick William Faber fortune-cookie noise children The music of the Gospel leads us home. Frederick William Faber music christian inspiring Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one. Frederick William Faber kind persons