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> [The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/the-life-that-intends-to-be-wholly-obedient-wholly-submissive-wholly/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

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## Other authors on Completeness

## More by Thomas Raymond Kelly

> [In worship we have our neighbors to right and left, before and behind, yet the Eternal Presence is over all and beneath all. Worship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/in-worship-we-have-our-neighbors-to-right-and-left-before-and-behind/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we can be thinking, discussing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/there-is-a-way-of-ordering-our-mental-life-on-more-than-one-level-at/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [The deepest need of humans is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God. We have mistaken the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/the-deepest-need-of-humans-is-not-food-and-clothing-and-shelter/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Create an atmosphere in which anything is possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/create-an-atmosphere-in-which-anything-is-possible/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Centre, a speaking voice, to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/deep-within-us-all-there-is-an-amazing-inner-sanctuary-of-the-soul-a-2/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst His bands asunder; He has borne our sins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/come-ye-saints-look-here-and-wonder-see-the-place-where-jesus-lay-he/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Now is the dwelling place of God himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/now-is-the-dwelling-place-of-god-himself/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/the-life-that-intends-to-be-wholly-obedient-wholly-submissive-wholly/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [We don't have the flexibility of changing the bid amount. We can go through the whole process and someone else could beat us by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/we-don-t-have-the-flexibility-of-changing-the-bid-amount-we-can-go/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Listening to the eternal involves a silence within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/listening-to-the-eternal-involves-a-silence-within-us/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break the raging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/only-the-inner-vision-of-god-only-the-god-blindedness-of-unreservedly/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/begin-now-as-you-read-these-words-as-you-sit-in-your-chair-to-offer/)

[Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/)

> [Is religion subjective? Nay, its soul is in objectivity, in an Other whose Life is our true life, whose Love is our love, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/is-religion-subjective-nay-its-soul-is-in-objectivity-in-an-other/)

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