The only way to Heaven is prayer; a prayer of the heart, which every one is capable of, and not of reasonings which are the fruits of study, or exercise of the imagination, which, in filling the mind with wandering objects, rarely settle it; instead of warming the heart with love to God, they leave it cold and languishing.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonSelf-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonGod's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonLet no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonSecrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days, wants to penetrate, and to set bounds to it. Who is it that hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been His counselor?
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon