"Bidden or unbidden, God is present." — Desiderius Erasmus

"Bidden or unbidden, God is present."

— Desiderius Erasmus

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103 Quotes by Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus has 103 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to…
There is no joy in possession without sharing.
They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim…
They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells…
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.
Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.
By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the…
[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet…

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Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. — Charles Kingsley
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are… — Isaac Watts
There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve… — Orison Swett Marden
A girl had bidden me eat and drink and sleep, and had shown me friendship and had laughed at me… — Hermann Hesse
Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What… — Judith McNaught
If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as… — George William Curtis

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