“. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.”
― Interior Castle
― Interior Castle
“many people are good at talking and bad at understanding,”
― The Way of Perfection
― The Way of Perfection
“He has borne with thousands of foul and abominable sins which you have committed against Him, yet even they have not been enough to make Him cease looking upon you. Is it such a great matter, then, for you to avert the eyes of your soul from the outward things and sometimes to look at Him?”
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“souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralysed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.”
― Interior Castle
― Interior Castle
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