 He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Nothing humbles and breaks the heart of a sinner like mercy and love. Souls that converse much with sin and wrath, may be much terrified; but souls that converse much with grace and mercy, will be much humbled. Author: Thomas Brooks |
| We trust as we love, and where we love. If we love Christ much, surely we shall trust him much. Author: Thomas Brooks |
| The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world. Author: Thomas Brooks |
| Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. Author: Thomas Merton |
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| The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. Author: Thomas Merton |
| My life is a mystery which I do not attempt to really understand, as though I were led by the hand in a night where I see nothing, but can fully depend on the love and protection of Him who guides me. Author: Thomas Merton |
| We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another. Author: Thomas Merton |
| If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high. Author: Chuck Swindoll |
| But the soul renounced shall abide in the boundlessness of God's life. This is liberty, this is prosperity. The more we lose, the more we gain. Author: Watchman Nee |
| The nature of God's love is unchangeable. Ours alternates all to readily. If it is our habit to love God with our own affection we shall turn cold towards Him whenever we are unhappy. Author: Watchman Nee |
