Julian of Norwich on temper
Julian of Norwich75 quotes“He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.”
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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Everything has being through the love of God.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Between God and the soul there is no between.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich
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To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
John MiltonJohn Milton In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge.
John RobertsJohn Roberts An awful lot has been written about my temper.
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
David HumeDavid Hume He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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