Abandonment (of self), Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Certainly if we are to come directly, safely and nakedly to our Lord God without hindrance, freely and peacefully, as explained above, and be securely joined to him with even mind in prosperity or adversity, whether in life or in death, then our job is to commit everything unhesitatingly and resolutely, in general and individually, to his unquestionable and infallible providence.
–Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
There’s no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
— Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (why), Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to God.
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Prayer (why), Quote Topic
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Contemplation, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Contemplation, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
— Albert Einstein (1879-1955)