Thaddeus Of Vitovnica Quotes

#1. Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through obedience. He who is not obedient cannot gain humility. There are very few in the world today who have obedience. Our humility is in proportion to our obedience.

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#2. Righteousness acts never in its own interest, but in the interest of fellow men.

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#3. When I understood that neither parents, nor family, nor friends, nor anyone in the world could offer me anything but pain, insults and wounds, I resolved to stop living for the world.

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#4. Our starting point is always wrong. Instead of beginning with ourselves,we always want to change others first and ourselves last. If everyone would begin first with themselves, then there would be peace all around!

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#5. There is a thread that reaches out through every heart and mind on the planet to all living things, and from there to the universe beyond. It is an ambient, coherent force. This force is God itself.

Douglas James Cottrell

#6. It did not have the makings of a cozy situation for anyone but Mordred, who seems to relish being hated for the love of being hated.

Phyllis Ann Karr

#7. Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility.

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#8. Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.

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#9. Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

Liam Neeson

#10. The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money.

Peter Bogdanovich

#11. One must love God first, and only then can one love one's closest of kin and neighbors. We must not be idols to one another, for such is not the will of God.

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#12. Where there is prayer, the fallen spirits have no power.

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#13. Grace will lift you from the dung hill to access the doors of Princes.

Abbey Adenigba

#14. Better to die, and sleep
The never-waking sleep, than linger on
And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.

Sophocles

#15. That's the complication. We are both insanely attracted to each other. We have chemistry that is off the charts. We are best friends, we understand and trust each other, and we are both single.

Genna Rulon

#16. I'd no room left in me for thinking of trifling things. I could feel fear start up and try to take down my rage, but I'd not give it up.

Anna Freeman

#17. Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool of thoughts and can have neither peace nor tranquility.

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#18. Thus far, you have indeed not been sluggish, but you must quicken your pace. Much toil remains; to confront it, you must yourself lavish all your waking hours, and all your efforts, if you wish the result to be accomplished.

Seneca.

#19. We are usually angered when someone insults us, until Divine Grace comes upon us. When we receive Grace, we no longer feel hurt when others insult us but remain quiet and peaceful, as though the insult was not directed at us at all.

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#20. The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] - He wants us to be good and kind.

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#21. Smiling is mostly about smiling more.

Suzanne Collins

#22. When we talk to our fellow men and they tell us about their troubles, we will listen to them carefully if we have love for them. We will have compassion for their suffering and pain, for we are God's creatures; we are a manifestation of the love of God.

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#23. Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.

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#24. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice is not about accomplishing anything - not about winning or losing - but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is.

Pema Chodron

#25. We have very little faith in the Lord, very little trust. If we trusted the Lord as much as we trust a friend when we ask him to do something for us, neither we as individuals nor our whole country would suffer so much.

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#26. It is of great significance if there is a person who truly prays in a family. Prayer attracts God's Grace and all the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have grown cold. Pray always.

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#27. It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.

Patrick Kane

#28. Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

Dontrelle Willis

#29. The problem is to appreciate differences in the basic premises of thought and in the very methods of thinking, and these are so often overlooked that our interpretations of Chinese philosophy are apt to be a projection of characteristically Western ideas into Chinese terminology.

Alan W. Watts

#30. Everything is defeated before love.

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