Truth is like…
The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Your thoughts shout…
For God does not hear us as humans hear. Unless you shout with your lungs and chest and lips, a mere man does not hear; whereas to God your very thoughts shout.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Active and contemplative…
Now we are conscious of two powers in the human soul: the active and the contemplative; the former maps the way, the latter marks the journey’s end; in the former we toil so that our hearts may be purified for the vision of God, in the latter we are at rest and see God; the former calls for the practice of the commandments of this life that passes away, in the latter we drink in the teachings of the life that shall never pass away.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Sin is the…
Sin is the fruit of free will. There was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Simplicity brings faith…
Walk before God in simplicity, and not in subtleties of the mind. Simplicity brings faith; but subtle and intricate speculations bring conceit; and conceit brings withdrawal from God.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Without temptation…
There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is no man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink the poison of temptations. Without them, it is not possible to obtain a strong will. When he has often experienced the help of God in temptations, a man also obtains strong faith.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
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