"It is only by a total death to…" — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
"It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God."
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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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Secrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days,…
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The only way to Heaven is prayer; a prayer of the heart, which every one is capable of, and not…
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The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is…
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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,…
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Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all…
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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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He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall…
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We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he…
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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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As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from…
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More Death Quotes
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
— Aristotle
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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,…
— Aristotle
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I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating…
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— J. J. Abrams
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a…
— Karen Armstrong
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
— Matthew Arnold
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
— Matthew Arnold
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
— Isaac Asimov
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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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