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William Law Quotes: "No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress."

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.



William Law Quotes: "We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another."

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.




William Law Quotes: "If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead."

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.



William Law Quotes: "Be intent upon the perfection of the present day."

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.




William Law Quotes: "From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus."

From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.



William Law Quotes: "If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you."

If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.



William Law Quotes: "Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman."

Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman.




William Law Quotes: "Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state."

Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.



William Law Quotes: "All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness."

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.



William Law Quotes: "Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light."

Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light.



William Law Quotes: "What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self?"

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self?



William Law Quotes: "Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares."

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.




William Law Quotes: "The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God."

The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.



William Law Quotes: "Nothing harms or destroys us but the wrong use of that liberty of choice which God has entrusted to us."

Nothing harms or destroys us but the wrong use of that liberty of choice which God has entrusted to us.



William Law Quotes: "He that rightly understands the reasonableness and Excellency of charity will know that it can never be excusable to waste any of our money in pride and folly."

He that rightly understands the reasonableness and Excellency of charity will know that it can never be excusable to waste any of our money in pride and folly.



William Law Quotes: "What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?"

What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?



William Law Quotes: "Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory."

Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory.



William Law Quotes: "The more we pay for any truth, the better is our bargain."

The more we pay for any truth, the better is our bargain.



William Law Quotes: "The sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half the certainty that God, the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him."

The sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half the certainty that God, the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him.



William Law Quotes: "Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life."

Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life.



William Law Quotes: "Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself."

Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself.



William Law Quotes: "He who complains of the weather, complains of the God who ordained the weather!"

He who complains of the weather, complains of the God who ordained the weather!



William Law Quotes: "The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it."

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.



William Law Quotes: "Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life."

Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life.



William Law Quotes: "Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices grafted upon a corrupt bottom"

Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices grafted upon a corrupt bottom



William Law Quotes: "Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers."

Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.



William Law Quotes: "If, therefore, a man will so live as to show that he feels and believes the most fundamental doctrines of Christianity, he must live above the world."

If, therefore, a man will so live as to show that he feels and believes the most fundamental doctrines of Christianity, he must live above the world.



William Law Quotes: "The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as rational beings in heaven live unto Him."

The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as rational beings in heaven live unto Him.



William Law Quotes: "Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?."

Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?.



William Law Quotes: "God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue."

God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue.



William Law Quotes: "Feasts and business and pleasure and enjoyments seem great things to us, whilst we think of nothing else; but as soon as we add death to them they all sink into an equal littleness."

Feasts and business and pleasure and enjoyments seem great things to us, whilst we think of nothing else; but as soon as we add death to them they all sink into an equal littleness.



William Law Quotes: "Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God."

Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God.



William Law Quotes: "If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians."

If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.



William Law Quotes: "We may justly condemn ourselves as the greatest sinners we know because we know more of the folly of our own heart than we do of other people's."

We may justly condemn ourselves as the greatest sinners we know because we know more of the folly of our own heart than we do of other people's.



William Law Quotes: "The eyes of our souls only then begin to see when our bodily eyes are closing."

The eyes of our souls only then begin to see when our bodily eyes are closing.



William Law Quotes: "Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God."

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.



William Law Quotes: "There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him."

There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.



William Law Quotes: "He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and a happy life."

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and a happy life.



William Law Quotes: "Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will or rather our own will is our separation from God."

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will or rather our own will is our separation from God.



William Law Quotes: "The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most it is not he who gives alms or is most eminent for temperance chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God."

The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most it is not he who gives alms or is most eminent for temperance chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.



William Law Quotes: "What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly?"

What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly?