Would you become a pilgrim on the road of Love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes. Ansari of Herat
“Nature permits us respite only when we are free from the desires of the flesh. It is a truth that sustains us and is a serious principle at the heart of all existence. It lifts our life beyond the confines of earthly concerns and exalts our natures to the stars. Is this not a miracle?”
― Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More
― Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More
“The busy man remains rooted to the ground, ever stuck in the present, a time so brief that it cannot be grasped, and thus it is stolen from him, busy as he is with so many things.”
― Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More
― Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More
“Even shouldest thou see thy neighbor sin openly or grievously, yet thou oughtest not to reckon thyself better than he, for thou knowest not how long thou shalt keep thine integrity. All of us are weak and frail; hold thou no man more frail than thyself.”
― The Imitation of Christ
― The Imitation of Christ
“If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian community in which we have been placed, even when there are no great experiences, no noticeable riches, but much weakness, difficulty, and little faith—and if, on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so miserable and so insignificant and does not at all live up to our expectations—then we hinder God from letting our community grow according to the measure and riches that are there for us all in Jesus Christ.”
― Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible
― Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible
“We break bread with the hungry[78] and share our home with them[79] for the sake of Christ’s love, which belongs to the hungry as much as it does to us. If the hungry do not come to faith, the guilt falls on those who denied them bread. To bring bread to the hungry is preparing the way for the coming of grace.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
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