My soul was not only brought into harmony with itself and with God, but with God's providence. In the exercise of faith and love, I endured and performed whatever came in God's providence, in submission, in thankfulness, and silence.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonHe who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonOh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonTo rob God of nothing; to refuse Him nothing; to require of Him nothing; this is great perfection.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonAs one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon