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18 July 2011

Meister Eckhart on How Patience Turns Even Failings into a Spiritual Exercise

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From The Talks of Instruction , by Meister Eckhart If you have failings, then ask God frequently in prayer if it may not be to his honour ...
17 July 2011

Meister Eckhart on How We Should Not Let Feelings of Worthlessness Trouble Us

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From The Talks of Instruction , by Meister Eckhart Many people are daunted and troubled by the toughness and severity of our Lord Jesus Ch...

Meister Eckhart on How We Can Always Find God by Surrendering to His Will

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From The Talks of Instruction , by Meister Eckhart You should know too that a good will cannot fail to find God, although the mind sometim...

Meister Eckhart on the Importance of Good Will as the Home of All Virtues

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From The Talks of Instruction , by Meister Eckhart Nothing should terrify us as long as we will the good, nor should we be depressed if we...
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16 July 2011

Helen Keller on the Importance of Opening the Doors of Our Being to Good

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From Optimism, An Essay by Helen Keller Thus my optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world ...

Helen Keller Defines the Struggle with Evil As A Sort of Mental Gymnastic

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From Optimism, An Essay by Helen Keller It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people negl...
15 July 2011

Before the Soul Dawn - Helen Keller on Her Life Before Self-Consciousness

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From The World I Live In , by Helen Keller Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world....
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14 July 2011

Helen Keller on the Spiritual Nature of Beauty and Vision

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From The World I Live In , by Helen Keller According to all art, all nature, all coherent human thought, we know that order, proportion, f...

Helen Keller on Imagination as the Key to Grasping the Beauty of the World

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From The World I Live In , by Helen Keller ...the mind is as large as the universe. […] a house with which I am not familiar has for me, a...
13 July 2011

Father Zosima on Hell As A Rejection of the Gift of Love

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fathers and teachers, I ponder, “What is hell?” I maintain that it is the suffering o...
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Berdyaev on Freedom & Christianity - Why Christ Appeals to the Free Human Spirit

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From Dostoievsky: An Interpretation , by Nikolai Berdyaev In Christ there is no forcing of conscience: the religion of Golgotha is free; w...

Simone Weil on The Dangers of Loving God in an Inappropriate Way

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From Gravity and Grace , by Simone Weil There is a great danger in loving God as the gambler loves the game. We must be careful about th...

A Dying Young Girl and Her Last Thoughts on Death, God & Heaven

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From Jane Eyre , by Charlotte Bronte “Helen!” I whispered softly, “are you awake?” She stirred herself, put back the curtain, and I saw ...

Thoughts On Heaven and the Afterlife - Eternity as a Home, not as an Abyss

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From Jane Eyre , by Charlotte Bronte Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. We are, and mus...

Father Zosima on How to Live a Holy Life and Defeat Evil by Good

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky If you sin yourself and grieve even unto death for your sins or for your sudden sin, ...

Father Zosima on How To Live In Faith, Love and Humility and Never Lose Hope

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Work without ceasing. If you remember in the night as you go to sleep, “I have not do...

Father Zosima on How We Should Not Judge Others but Bear Their Guilt As Our Own

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Remember particularly that you cannot be a judge of any one. For no one can judge a c...
12 July 2011

Father Zosima on Gladness and Humility, Our Weapons Against Pride and Dejection

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky My friends, pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. An...

Father Zosima on Loving All Creation With An All-Embracing Love

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Brothers, have no fear of men's sin. Love a man even in his sin, for that is the ...

Father Zosima on Prayer - We Should Always Pray for the Lonely and Dejected

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From The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Young man, be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere...