love on Learning

Anthony of Padua opened every class he taught with the phrase, “Of what value is learning that does not turn to love?”

Beware you are not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.

Is life not full of opportunities for learning love? Every man and woman every day has a thousand of them. The world is not a playground; it is a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday, but an education. A...