“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”
― The Imitation of Christ
― The Imitation of Christ
“If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.”
― The Imitation of Christ
― The Imitation of Christ
“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.
(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)”
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(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)”
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“Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible”
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“The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.”
― The Inner Life
― The Inner Life
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