Walter Hilton

When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor.

— Walter Hilton

One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.

— Walter Hilton

It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them

— Walter Hilton

Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts.

— Walter Hilton

What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference.

— Walter Hilton

Regard yourself all the more as a sinner because you cannot feel yourself to be what you are.

— Walter Hilton

I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy.

— Walter Hilton

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall…

— Walter Hilton

There are many who are hypocrites although they think they are not, and there are many who are afraid of being hypocrites…

— Walter Hilton

Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in…

— Walter Hilton

Any man or woman who neglects to maintain inward vigilance, and only makes an outward show of holiness in dress, speech, and…

— Walter Hilton