William Law Quotes

You may indeed do many works of love and delight in them -- especially at such times as they are not inconvenient to your state or temper or occurrences in life. But the Spirit of Love is not in you till it is the spirit of your life, till you live freely, willingly, and universally according to it. - William Law

You have no questions to ask of any body, no new way that you need inquire after; no oracle that you need to consult; for whilst you shut yourself up in patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God, you are in the very arms of Christ, your heart is His dwelling-place, and He lives and works in you as certainly as He lived in and governed that body and soul which He took from the Virgin Mary. - William Law

Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity? - William Law

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self? - William Law

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another. - William Law

We are here for you for the long haul, ... This is not where you want to be. - William Lawson

Violence is learned behavior, ... That's part of the message of the Week Without Violence. It has to do with people not properly raising their kids; not properly supervising them. - William Lawler

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. - William Law

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