The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. (Deuteronomy 6:4-6)
. . . not my will but yours be done. (Luke 22:42b)
If you are going to be a Christian at all, you might as well live entirely for God. (Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi)
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves (Philippians 2:3)
Let us be selfish with our sufferings, and generous with our joy. (Blessed Rafael Arnáiz Barón)
A simple-hearted faith bestow upon me, O Lord.
He must increase; I must decrease. (John 3:30)
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain for ever what we have made of it. (St. Francis de Sales)
If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit; but whatever you do, don't wobble. (Unmon, a Zen worthy)
Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee. (St. Augustine, The Confessions, c. 398)
. . . work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12b-13)
Be still, and know that I am God! (Psalms 46:10)
We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him. And when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure. (Bro. Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God)
Let nothing trouble you
Let nothing frighten you
Everything passes
God never changes
Patience
Obtains all
Whoever has God
Wants for nothing
God alone is enough.
(St. Teresa of Avila)
If that which God Himself chooses for you does not content you, from whom do you expect to obtain what you desire? (Fr. Jean-Pierre de Cassaude, Abandonment to Divine Providence)
You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised. (Hebrews 10:36)
Wait for the LORD, take courage;
be stouthearted, wait for the LORD! (Psalm 27:14)
I tell God very simply what I want and He always understands. For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy. It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. (St. Thérčse of Lisieux)
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8)
I have all these thoughts, but I'm pretty sure they all contradict each other. (Cordelia, Buffy 1.11)
A Zen Master said to his disciple: "Go get my rhinoceros-horn fan." Disciple: "Sorry, Master, it is broken." Master: "Okay, then get me the rhinoceros."
If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time." (Dame Rebecca West, Irish-born author and journalist, 1892-1983)