Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you must be tried, do battle, and suffer if you are to acquire the truth for yourself. It is a sheer illusion to think that in relation to the truth there is an abridgement, a short cut that dispenses with the necessity for struggling for it.
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.
Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.
The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher.
We live as if we were unaware of our impending destruction
...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the devil cannot see him.
In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd. He only sees each individual
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
God does not think; he creates. He does not exist; he is eternal.
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
Future is everything that past has forgotten.
The deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than himself.
A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way.
If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.
Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if you should not need to be commanded, because to love human beings is still the only thing worth living for; without this life you really do not live.
The more men believe an idea to be true the greater the likelihood that the idea is mistaken. Those who are right usually stand alone.
Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.
The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.
As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is how it is. To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard.
Don't forget to love yourself.
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