John of Ruysbroeck quotes
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“The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all that we have, He takes.”
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“If above all things we would taste God, and feel eternal life in ourselves, we must go forth into God with our feeling, above reason; and there we must abide, onefold, empty of ourselves, and free from images, lifted up by love into the simple bareness of our intelligence.”
-- John of RuysbroeckSource : John of Ruysbroeck, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage”, p.132, Aeterna Press
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“When love has carried us above all things into the Divine Dark, there we are transformed by the Eternal Word Who is the image of the Father; and as the air is penetrated by the sun, thus we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us, and penetrating us.”
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“Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.”
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“God creates the world anew in each moment.”
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“The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.”
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“Knowledge of ourselves teaches us whence we come, where we are and whither we are going. We come from God and we are in exile; and it is because our potency of affection lends towards God that we are aware of this state of exile.”
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“Pray, always pray; when sickness wastes thy frame, Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.”
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.22, 1895.
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“Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.”
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