Saintliness depends on…
Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The door of your heart…
You need not seek him here or there, he is no further that the door of your heart; there he stands patiently awaiting whoever is ready to open up and let him in. No need to call him from afar: he can hardly wait for you to open up. He longs for you a thousand times more that you long for him.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
To remember God…
It is more important to remember God than it is to remember to breathe.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Buried with Christ…
Let us be buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with Him; let us go down with Him to be raised with Him; and let us rise with Him to be glorified with Him.
–Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329-c. 391)
Be a lover of silence…
Every man who delights in uttering a multitude of words, even though he says admirable things, is empty within. If you love truth, be a lover of silence. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be quiet. But then there is born something that draws us to it.
–Isaac of Ninevah
There is no sin…
There is no sin which cannot be pardoned except that one which lacks repentance, and there is no gift which is not augmented save that which remains without acknowledgement.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
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