"Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the……" — William Ames
"Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us."
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William Ames
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30 Quotes by William Ames
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Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that…
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on…
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.
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Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses…
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that…
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The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
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Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent…
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An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only…
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Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.
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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.
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Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences. It serves you no good, and closes the door to your…
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Give up all forms of parrotry. Start practicing whatever you truly feel to be true and justly to be just.…
— Meher Baba
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See what your misery is, what desires are causing it, and why you are clinging to those desires. And it…
— Rajneesh
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Life is a flux, nothing abides. Still we are such fools, we go on clinging. If change is the nature…
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Remember: no attachment should grow, no clinging should grow. They are all against your independence, your freedom, your individuality.
— Rajneesh
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All duality is a mind creation, all duality is created by the clinging and attached mind. When there is no…
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This is the whole secret of non-attachment: live in the world, but don't be of the world. Love people, but…
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
— John Templeton
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Misery comes the moment you become clinging, attached. The moment you put conditions on life.
— Rajneesh
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