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“Y en ese momento comprendí, por primera vez en mi vida, que el amor no es sólo un sentimiento, sino también un acto de voluntad.”
― El zahir de Quetzalcoatl
― El zahir de Quetzalcoatl
“[A] young husband with an unfaithful wife, who is consecrated and dedicated to continence, eats daily of the Bread of Life so that the bride may one day return to both the home and the faith.”
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“Somos seres humanos porque somos responsables.”
― Bajo un cielo anaranjado
― Bajo un cielo anaranjado
“Dos enamorados solos prefieren verse las caras. Cuando están con otras
personas, se sientan juntos formando un frente común, mirando en la misma
dirección.”
― El misterio de la casa encantada
personas, se sientan juntos formando un frente común, mirando en la misma
dirección.”
― El misterio de la casa encantada
“El hombre es una extraña mezcla de egoísmo y altruismo. Siempre que hacemos algo bueno, basta mirar atentamente en nuestro interior para descubrir motivos grandes y motivos rastreros. Es imposible separarlos. Pero no dejes que esto te deprima. No debes fijarte únicamente en los segundos y despreciar los primeros. Eso sería un error mucho mayor. Acéptate como eres, aprende a vivir
contigo mismo.”
― El Sello De Eolo
contigo mismo.”
― El Sello De Eolo
“Cuando se promete algo a alguien, la obligación de cumplirlo no depende del
carácter de quien ha recibido la promesa.”
― La escala de Jacob
carácter de quien ha recibido la promesa.”
― La escala de Jacob
“Trusting yourself is the opposite of trusting God. If you trust God totally (as you must) you must mistrust yourself. If you trust yourself, you are automatically mistrusting God.
Faith is not enough, you also need an act of will. The act of will you need is precisely deciding to trust God fully and mistrust yourself.
Modern psychology has lost its bearings when they insist that one must trust oneself. That position is un-Christian.”
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Faith is not enough, you also need an act of will. The act of will you need is precisely deciding to trust God fully and mistrust yourself.
Modern psychology has lost its bearings when they insist that one must trust oneself. That position is un-Christian.”
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“No debemos tratar de eludir la responsabilidad personal. Ante cada acto, hemos de tomar una decisión como si todo dependiese exclusivamente de nosotros, sin tratar de echarle la culpa a nadie. Es la única forma de ser libres.”
― La corona tartesia
― La corona tartesia
“Nosotros estudiamos la conducta de los chimpancés, ellos no estudian la
nuestra.”
― Los moradores de la noche
nuestra.”
― Los moradores de la noche
“Tenemos derecho a buscar [la felicidad], pero no a conseguirla.”
― La tabla esmeralda
― La tabla esmeralda
“-En cada momento, basta cumplir con nuestro deber.
-¿Y cuál es nuestro deber?
-En cada momento, tenemos que descubrirlo.”
― El Sello De Eolo
-¿Y cuál es nuestro deber?
-En cada momento, tenemos que descubrirlo.”
― El Sello De Eolo
“La mente del hombre es inestable, su atención voluble, su memoria corta.
Quién sabe lo que puede traer el futuro!... Tú serás el único artífice de tu destino.”
― Mano Escondida
Quién sabe lo que puede traer el futuro!... Tú serás el único artífice de tu destino.”
― Mano Escondida
“When I was a child in school, one of my teachers complained that we students always told about our achievements in the active mode (I've passed), while we always told about our failures in the passive mode (I've been failed). All of this in Spanish, of course, but it's true, that's how children speak in my country. So the good grades are due to the child's actions, while the failed grades seem to be the responsibility of the teacher.
What Lorenzo Scupoli is telling us [in his book "Spiritual Combat"] is just the opposite: whenever I do something right, it's not I who has done it, it's not my action, for God was acting through me. At most I can say that I allowed God to act through me.
On the other hand, when I do something wrong (sin) I myself am the only responsible, for I didn't allow God to take control.
Therefore I should trust only God and not me, for whenever I insist to take control, I do something wrong.”
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What Lorenzo Scupoli is telling us [in his book "Spiritual Combat"] is just the opposite: whenever I do something right, it's not I who has done it, it's not my action, for God was acting through me. At most I can say that I allowed God to act through me.
On the other hand, when I do something wrong (sin) I myself am the only responsible, for I didn't allow God to take control.
Therefore I should trust only God and not me, for whenever I insist to take control, I do something wrong.”
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