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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit

by Matthew Henry

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“There is meekness toward God, and it is the easy and quiet submission of the soul to his whole will, according as he is pleased to make it known whether by his word or by his p Reviewing this book as I go along so I can put my favorite quotes in here

“There is meekness toward God, and it is the easy and quiet submission of the soul to his whole will, according as he is pleased to make it known whether by his word or by his providence.” (18)

“Meekness is especially conversant about the affection of anger, not wholly to extirpate and eradicate it out of the soul (that were to quench a coal which sometimes there is occasion for, even at God's altar, and to blunt the edge even of our spiritual weapons, with which we are to carry on our spiritual warfare), but its office is to direct and govern this affection that we may “be angry and not sin.” (21-22)

“It is true of anger, as it is true of fire, that it is a “good servant,” but a “bad master”; it is good on the earth, but bad in the hangings. Now meekness keeps it in its place, sets banks to the sea, and says, “Hither-to thou shalt come, and no further; here shall thy proud waves be stayed.” (23)

“A meek man will never be angry at a child, at a servant, at a friend till he has first seriously weighed the cause in just and even balances, while a steady and impartial hand holds the scales, and a free and unprejudiced thought judges it necessary.” (23-24)

“It [meekness] will reason a disputed point without noise, give a reproof without a reproach, convincing a man of his folly without calling him a fool.” (29).

“When our hearts are hot within us it is good for us to keep silence and hold our peace; so David did (Psalm 39:3) and when he did speak it was in prayer to God and not in reply to the wicked that were before him. If the heart be angry, angry worlds will but inflame it the more, as wheels are heated by a rapid motion.” (33)

“It is better by silence to yield to our brother, who is, or has been, or may be, our friend, than by angry speaking to yield to the devil, who has been, and six and ever will be, our sworn enemy.” (35)

“The law of meekness is ‘if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he thirst propina illi, not only give him drink, which is an act of charity, but drink with him in token of friendship and true love and reconciliation;” (51)

“Meekness is commonly despised and run down by the grandess of the age as a piece of cowardice and mean-spiritedness, and the evidence of a little soul, and is posted accordingly, while the most furious and angry revenges are celebrated and applauded under the pompous names of valor, honor, greatness. This error arises from a mistaken notion of courage…True courage is such a presence of mind as enables a man rather to suffer than to sin, to choose affliction rather than iniquity, to pass by an affront though he lose by it and be hissed at for a fool and a sneak rather than engage in a sinful quarrel. He that can deny the brutal lust of anger and revenge, rather than violate the royal law of love and charity, however contrary the sentiments of the world may be, is truly resolute and courageous;” (55-56) ...more "

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