Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.
Where thou art, that is home.
To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.