Abandonment (of self), Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Prayers for Prayer (answered), Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
We must imitate Christ’s life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Abandonment (of self), John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
We have nothing but our will. It is the only thing which has been so placed in our own power that we can make an offering of it to God.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Abandonment (of self), Detachment, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
A fish in water does not drown. A bird in the air does not plummet. Gold in fire does not perish. Rather, it gets its purity and its radiant color there. God has created all creatures to live according to their nature. How, then, am I to resist my nature? I must go from all things to God, Who is my Father by nature, My brother by His humanity, My bridegroom by love, And I His bride from all eternity.
–Mechthild of Magdeburg (1208-1282)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at his disposition, and listening to his voice and the depths of our hearts.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Abandonment (of self), Detachment, Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
The most perfect prayer, one well nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect prayer. The quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which is free from ties and all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
