I don't know if the term 'liberation theology,' which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What's important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.

My mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

The darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head.

As you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don't line up with God's Word, you'll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word.