Miguel de Molinos famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.
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It is a maxim that will endure: To truly know the living God, this begets humility.
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Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.
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Be not afraid of those trials which God may see fit to send upon thee. It is with the wind and the storm of tribulation that God, in the garner of the soul, separates the true wheat from the chaff. Always remember, therefore, that God comes to thee in thy sorrows as really as in thy joys. He lays low and He builds up. Thou wilt find thyself far from perfection if thou dost not find God in everything.
-- Miguel de Molinos
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Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds piped oddly; some wind was caressing the higher foliage, turning it all one way, the way home. Telegraph poles ahead looked like half-used pencils; the small cross on the steeple glittered with a sharp and shapely permanence.
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Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless.
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I don't know where this Arctic wind has come from but it's freezing!
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget.
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In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
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When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted.
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Having a crush is a bit like being infected with the most annoying, troubling and yet delicious disease you could get. It is almost more of an affliction.
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