It used to irritate a friend of mine that when he went to confession he never got the chance to tell the priest the good things he had done.

resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe.

What I like about gluttony, a bishop I knew used to say, is that it doesnt hurt anyone else.

If envy was not such a tearing thing to feel it would be the most comic of sins. It is usually, if not always, based on a complete misunderstanding of another person's situation.

It used to irritate a friend of mine that when he went to confession he never got the chance to tell the priest the good things he had done.

What is difficult about learning - any kind of learning - is that you have to give up what you know already to make room for the new ideas. Children are much better at it than grownups.