97 Quotes by William Law

Everything in ...nature, is descended out that which is eternal, and stands as a. ..visible outbirth of it, so when we know how to separate out the grossness, death, and darkness. ..from it, we find. ..it in its eternal state.

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.

Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted to God. He therefore is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts of his common life, parts of piety, by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to his Glory.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

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

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

Love has no errors, for all errors are the want for love.

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.

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