"As one sees a river pass into the……" — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
"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 my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves."
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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
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14 Quotes by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
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I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have…
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The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings…
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God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.
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In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste…
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It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God.
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