Ardor Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who…

— Watchman Nee

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

— Epictetus

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy…

— Edwin Louis Cole

Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.

— Max Muller

“The man who can be contented to live with a pretty and useful companion who has no mind has lost in voluptuous gratifications a…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

— Thomas Mann

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

— Philip Neri

“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he…

— Thomas à Kempis

He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.

— Torquato Tasso

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…

— Laozi