To 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 GuyonOh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonIt is a great truth, wonderful as it is undeniable, that all our happiness - temporal, spiritual, and eternal - consists in one thing; namely, in resigning ourselves to God, and in leaving ourselves with Him, to do with us and in us just as He pleases.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon