Quotes About Spirituality

On the other hand, it is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he have previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Trie and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

The knowledge of ourselves, therefore, is not only an incitement to seek after God, but likewise a considerable assistance towards finding him.

The worship of God is…the only thing which renders men superior to brutes, and makes them aspire to immortality.

Anyone who cannot bear to lay hold of God as he comes down to him will still less soar up to him beyond the clouds.

All have been blind to the light, deaf to admonitions, and hardened against the commandments.

Christ is indeed presented to all, but God opens the eyes of the elect alone, and enables them by faith to seek after him. The

when the law is separated from Christ, nothing is left but empty forms. This

For every family   of the pious ought to be a church.

On the other hand, it is well known that a person never comes to the clear knowledge of himself unless he has first contemplated the face of the Lord, and afterward descended to consider himself.

Accordingly, the knowledge of ourselves not only arouses us to seek God, but also, as it were, leads us by the hand to find him.

Since men do not create their own life but obtain life precariously from another, it follows that God dwells in them.

If only we were convinced deep in our hearts that persecutions are among God's blessings, what progress we should make in the knowledge of divine truth! What

error never can be eradicated from the heart of man until the true knowledge of God has been implanted in it. Section

The Church is our mother, inasmuch as God has committed to her the kind office of bringing us up in the faith until we attain full age.

we cannot have a clear and complete knowledge of God unless it is accompanied by a corresponding knowledge of ourselves. This

the Church may exist without any apparent form, and, moreover, that the form is not ascertained by that external splendour which they foolishly admire, but by a very different mark, namely, by the pure preaching of the word of God, and the due administration of the sacraments.

Since Christ, our Head, has ascended to heaven, we should leave our carnal desires behind and lift our hearts upward to him.

natural reason can never guide men to Christ. Even

The fact that the outer man decays from day to day does not hurt the believers' true Life. It even helps its growth, because the inner

THE GOAL OF God's work in us is to bring our lives into harmony and agreement with His own righteousness, and so to manifest to ourselves and others our identity as His adopted children.

It is not denied that there is room for improvement; but what I maintain is, that the nearer any one approaches in resemblance to God, the more does the image of God appear in him. That believers may attain to it, God assigns repentance as the goal towards which they must keep running during the whole course of their lives.

men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God. Frequent