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"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself." - Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him." - Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone." - St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 - 1226)
"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love." - St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 - 1226)
"If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him." - Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone." - St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 - 1226)
"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love." - St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 - 1226)
"If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider." - Saint Augustine (354 - 430)
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Mon, February 16, 2009 - 5:29 PM"There is a way that leads unto the perfect life; few find it at a time. It is a narrow way; it lies among the rocks and pitfalls of the carnal life; but in the way there are no pitfalls and no rocks." - Jesus, the Christ (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, 101:11-12) -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Tue, February 24, 2009 - 3:59 AMThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson ( from a different type of spiritual tradition-one found in "science") -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 4:45 PMThe winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Gospel of Ramakrishna -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 4:48 PMWhen the pearl is cast down in the mud it does not become dishonoured the more, nor if it is anounted with balsam oil will it become more precious. But it has its worth in the eyes of its owner at all times.
Philip the Gnostic, translated by R. Wilson
The Gospel of Philip -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 4:54 PMI draw prayer round me like a dark protective wall, withdraw inside it as one might into a convent cell and then step outside again, calmer and stronger and more collected again.
Etty Hillesum
An Interrupted Life -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 4:57 PMFulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 5:25 PMEvery being is an abode of God, worthy of respect and reverence.
Hindu Scripture -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 6:11 PMTo meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe.
Eckhart Tolle
Stillness Speaks
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Fri, April 10, 2009 - 10:20 PM"No one is to be called an enemy; all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves." - St. Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 C.E. – 1226 C.E.) -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Thu, April 23, 2009 - 5:48 PMThe happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Thu, April 23, 2009 - 5:54 PMBy saying grace, we release the Divine sparks in our food.
Rabbi Herschel
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Thu, April 23, 2009 - 6:39 PM"And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there." - Isaiah 35:8-9
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Wed, April 29, 2009 - 5:49 PM"Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 CE – 1226 CE) -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Fri, May 8, 2009 - 6:03 PMGod always provides what we need, but we must be ready to open our eyes and see it.
The Midrash -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Fri, May 8, 2009 - 6:08 PMGod is not attained by a process of addition to anything in the soul, but by a process of subtraction.
Meister Eckhart -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, July 11, 2009 - 6:10 PMA spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, July 11, 2009 - 6:13 PMThose interested in tranquility of mind should act just for the sake of the action, for the benefit of the universe, not for one’s own benefit. It is only when a personal motive is present that we are we subject to the dualities and that we become perturbed.
Sri Swami Satchidananda -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, July 11, 2009 - 6:16 PMThe happy heart gives away the best. To know how to receive is also a most important gift, which cultivates generosity in others and keeps strong the cycle of life.
Dhyani Ywahoo
Voices of Our Ancestors -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sun, July 12, 2009 - 6:27 AMYou have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts.
Rabindranath Tagore
The Heart of God -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sun, July 12, 2009 - 6:28 AMMay your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Embrace the World -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, August 22, 2009 - 9:04 PMNot exactly a saint...
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
- Steven Weinberg
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, September 12, 2009 - 7:23 PM"Satchidananda* alone is the Guru. If a man in the form of a guru awakens spiritual consciousness in you, then know for certain that it is God the Absolute who has assumed that human form for your sake." - Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886)
[* = Satchidananda is a Hindu name of The ONLY BEING. It represents the trilogy of the Divine nature. It means, Existence - Consciousness - Bliss] -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Sat, September 19, 2009 - 2:13 PMThe freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.
Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Tue, September 29, 2009 - 4:59 PMExtend the boundaries of the glowing kingdom of your love, gradually including your family, your neighbors, your community, your country, all countries -- all living sentient creatures.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
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Re: the way to holiness... (quotes of saints, prophets and spiritual masters)
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 10:32 AMThrough love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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