When we have reached love, we have reached God and our journey is at an end. Isaac of Nineveh (circa 613 – 700)
Isaac of Nineveh Quote – “A strength unknown to you will come…”
When God sees that in all purity of heart you are trusting in him more than in yourself… then a strength unknown to you will come to make its dwelling in you. And you will feel in all your senses the power of him who is with you. Isaac of Nineveh (circa 613 – 700)
Isaac of Nineveh Quote – “More than all things, love silence…”
More than all things, love silence. It brings you a fruit that tongue cannot describe. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be silent. But then there is born something that draws us to silence. May God give you an experience of this “something” that is born of silence. If you only practice this, untold light will dawn […]
Isaac of Nineveh Quote – “They alone find who remain in silence…”
Many are avidly seeking, but they alone find who remain in silence. Those who delight in a multitude of words, even though they say admirable things, are empty within. If you love truth, be a lover of silence. Silence like the sunlight will illuminate you in God and will deliver you from the phantoms of ignorance. Silence will unite your […]
Maximus the Confessor Quote – “Only love overcomes…”
Only love overcomes the fragmentation of human nature. Maximus the Confessor (circa 580 – 662)
Quote from The Mahbhrata – “This is the sum of duty…”
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahbhrata (circa 800 B.C.E.)
Epistle to the Hebrews, Attributed to Paul the Apostle
Faith is a conviction of the reality of the things which we do not see. Through faith we understand that the world came into being and still exists at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible. Epistle to the Hebrews (11, 1-3), Attributed to Paul the Apostle
Hermetic Saying – “Bring all opposites inside yourself and reconcile them…”
Bring all opposites inside yourself and reconcile them. Understand that you are everywhere: on the land, in the sea, in the sky. Realize that you haven’t yet been begotten, that you are still in the womb, that you are young, that you are old, that you are dead, that you are in the world beyond the grave. Hold all this […]
Francois Fenelon Quote – “The greatest of all crosses is self…”
The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying. Francois Fenelon (1651 – 1715)
Francois Fenelon Quote – “Your imagination exaggerates how bad death will be…”
Many think that dying to themselves is what causes them so much pain. But it is actually the part of them that still lives that causes the problem. Death is only painful to you when you resist it. Your imagination exaggerates how bad death will be. Self-love fights with all of its strength to live. Die inwardly as well as […]