"Ask what Time is, it is nothing else……" — William Law
"Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory."
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23 Quotes by William Law
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Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
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He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.
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If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you…
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We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and…
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All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God,…
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Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation…
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Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as…
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This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our…
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Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light.
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Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.
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What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and…
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Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but…
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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure…
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Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because…
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever…
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I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help…
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To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other…
— Saint Augustine
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It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing…
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
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I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?…
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