“Can faith in God be free of ulterior motives and interests? Can there be such a thing at all? Is there something like pure religion that does not act from fear of punishment and that is not intent on reward?… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“The author of the book of job wrestles with such questions. Can faith in God be free of ulterior motives and interests? Can there be such a thing at all? Is there something like pure religion that does not act… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“What do ego-lessness and becoming unattached mean in connection with today's mystical way in the form of resistance? . . . What is missing… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“If we had possessions, Francis would say, we would also need weapons. He held on to the inescapable link of poverty and peace.” — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“All mysticism is part of the endeavor to escape from this fate of language that serves the exercise of power, control, and possession. Traditional… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“This situation where we are not quite what we do, where we kiss, drink, work, laugh, or meditate only with part of ourselves, is… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“One of the oldest longings of all people of mystical sensibility is to be rid of disguises to the point of becoming naked.” — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“In monotheistic patriarchal perception, a miracle is an external intervention that suspends the laws of nature. God's rule over nature, the body, time, and… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 1o) can he interpreted mystically in such a way that the question of the knowledge of God… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“In such mysticism of prayer, the relationship of domination between God and humans has been transformed into one of love. That is precisely the… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“Matthew Fox who, particularly in his new reading of Meister Eckhart, depicts quite early in human history the mystical way of creation spirituality. Fox's… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“To he "over-choiced" with thirty different kinds of bread does indeed develop the shopper's awareness of differentiation and sense of taste. However, from the… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“The desire to possess is marked by an unceasingly growing, voracious element that manifests itself in the simple desire to have more, but also… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“When he was twenty-three years old, he (George Fox) saw the inner light in a vision. For him it symbolized the spirit against the… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“In cultures where asceticism developed and was practiced, people knew that one can suffocate when every option is a readily available one. Without self-limitation,… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence means to forego the desire to win and to avoid the defeat of enemies, which always includes their humiliation. The issues of peace,… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
