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If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled th

If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself. – Meister Eckhart

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God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you. – Meister Eckhart

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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love. – Thomas Carlyle

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With all your science – can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that light comes into the soul? – Henry David Thoreau

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Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. – Anne Sexton

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What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a downy spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from Frenc

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You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven. – Charles Simeon

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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. – Alphonsus Liguori

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