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> [As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/as-one-sees-a-river-pass-into-the-ocean-lose-itself-in-it-its-water/)

[Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/)

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## More by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

> [The only way to Heaven is prayer; a prayer of the heart, which every one is capable of, and not of reasonings which are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/the-only-way-to-heaven-is-prayer-a-prayer-of-the-heart-which-every/)

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> [All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/all-consolation-that-does-not-come-from-god-is-but-desolation-when/)

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> [God causes us to promise in time of peace what He exacts from us in time of war; He enables us to make our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/god-causes-us-to-promise-in-time-of-peace-what-he-exacts-from-us-in/)

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> [How can they be delivered from the life of self, who are not willing to abandon all their possessions? How can they believe themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/how-can-they-be-delivered-from-the-life-of-self-who-are-not-willing/)

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> [The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is inside. The self nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/the-very-discovery-of-these-hidden-things-is-in-itself-a-purifying/)

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> [O my God, how true it is that we may have of Thy gifts and yet may be full of ourselves!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/o-my-god-how-true-it-is-that-we-may-have-of-thy-gifts-and-yet-may-be/)

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> [It is a great truth, wonderful as it is undeniable, that all our happiness - temporal, spiritual, and eternal - consists in one thing;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/it-is-a-great-truth-wonderful-as-it-is-undeniable-that-all-our/)

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> [If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/if-knowing-answers-to-life-s-questions-is-absolutely-necessary-to-you/)

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> [Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/let-no-one-ask-a-stronger-mark-of-an-excellent-love-to-god-than-that/)

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> [Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/oh-that-we-fully-understood-how-very-opposite-our-self-righteousness/)

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> [I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/i-have-never-found-any-who-prayed-so-well-as-those-who-had-never-been/)

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> [Our activity should consist in placing ourselves in a state of susceptibility to Divine impressions, and pliability to all the operations of the Eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/our-activity-should-consist-in-placing-ourselves-in-a-state-of/)

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> [God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/god-s-designs-regarding-you-and-his-methods-of-bringing-about-these/)

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> [To rob God of nothing; to refuse Him nothing; to require of Him nothing; this is great perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/to-rob-god-of-nothing-to-refuse-him-nothing-to-require-of-him-nothing/)

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> [Secrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days, wants to penetrate, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/secrets-of-the-incomprehensible-wisdom-of-god-unknown-to-any-besides/)

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