Venerable Bede Quotes

I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.

No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.

The inspiration came suddenly again to surrender to the Mother. It was quite unexpected: And so somehow I made a surrender to the Mother. Then I had an experience of overwhelming love. Waves of love sort of flowed into me.

I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage.

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.

This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.