"Be intent upon the perfection of the present…" — William Law

"Be intent upon the perfection of the present day."

— William Law

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23 Quotes by William Law

William Law has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.
If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you…
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and…
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God,…
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation…
Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as…
This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our…
Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory.
Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light.
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and…
Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but…

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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