Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience…”
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Quote – “We must try to penetrate our most secret self…”
We must try to penetrate our most secret self, and examine our being from all sides… And so, for the first time in my life perhaps (although I am supposed to meditate every day!), I took the lamp and, leaving the zone of everyday occupations and relationships where everything seems clear, I went down into my inmost self, to the […]
Jean Pierre de Caussade Quote – “But what is the secret of finding this treasure?…”
But what is the secret of finding this treasure? There isn’t one. This treasure is everywhere. It is offered to us all the time and wherever we are. All creatures, friends or foes, pour it out in abundance, and it flows through every fiber of our body and soul until it reaches the very core of our being. God’s activity […]
Honore de Balzac Quote – “Man judges all things by his abstractions…”
Man judges all things by his abstractions — good, evil, virtue, crime. His formulas of right are his scales, and his justice is blind. The justice of God sees — in that is everything. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Quotation by Dante – “The love of God, unutterable and perfect…”
The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object. Dante (circa 1265 – 1321)
Cyril of Jerusalem Quote – “Drink from your own cistern…”
Drink from your own cistern, and make use of your own resources. You are not merely watering the earth but enlightening human souls. Cyril of Jerusalem (circa 313 – 386)
Cyril of Jerusalem Quote – “Come hither, eat your bread with joy…”
Come hither, eat your bread with joy, that is the mystical bread. Cyril of Jerusalem (circa 313 – 386)
Cyril of Alexandria Quote – “Delight yourselves in the honey of wisdom…”
You who love instruction and are eager to listen, receive once again the sacred words: delight yourselves in the honey of wisdom, for it is written, “Good words are honeycombs and their sweetness is the healing of the soul.” Cyril of Alexandria (circa 376 – 444)
Cyprian of Carthage Quote – “Only the merciful can merit God’s mercy.”
Only the merciful can merit God’s mercy. Cyprian of Carthage (circa 200 – 258)
