Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
If knowing answers to life’s questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables—of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Quote Topic
Prayer is the application of the heart to God, and the internal exercise of love.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
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Prayer is the guide to perfection and the sovereign good; it delivers us from every vice, and obtains every virtue; for the one great means to become perfect, is to walk in the presence of God.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Suffering
Be patient under all the sufferings which God is pleased to send you: if your love to Him be pure, you will not seek him less on Calvary, than on Tabor; and, surely, He should be as much loved on that as on this, since it was on Calvary He made the greater display of His love for you.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
