Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Who can be ignorant how much the heron and the hawk surpass all other birds in the swiftness of their flight? But an ostrich has the likeness of their wing, but not the celerity of their flight.nFor it cannot in truth rise from the ground, and raises its wings, in appearance as if to fly, but yet never raises itself from the earth in flying. Thus, doubtless, are all hypocrites, who, while they simulate the conduct of the good, possess a resemblance of a holy appearance, but have no reality of holy conduct.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
Humility, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Grace is a certain beginning of glory in us.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Silence
There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Grace, Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs. It is a light which issues forth to do service under the guidance of the Spirit. The Divine Light permeates the soul, and lifts it above the turmoil of temporal things to rest in God. The soul cannot progress except with the light which God has given it as a nuptial gift; love works the likeness of God into the soul.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
