Quotes about Inner

What you conquer within you conquer without.

Often the psyche is the worst enemy of the body: it doesn't let the body live, it doesn't let it enjoy itself when it wants to or get the rest it is begging for. If only we could extract it the way we extract the tonsils or the appendix, we would all live healthy and contended lives till we were a thousand years old.

Notice how Christ uses that word deny twice. He said to Peter the first time, "Deny himself" (Matthew 16:24); He said to Peter the second time, "Thou shalt deny me" (Matthew 26:34). It is either of the two. There is no other choice for us; we must either deny self or deny Christ. There are two great powers fighting each other the self-nature in the power of sin, and Christ in the power of God. Either of these must rule within us.

Nothing but the presence of God can reveal and expel self.

As much as you have pride within you, you have the fallen angel alive in you. As much as you have true humility, you have of the Lamb of God within you.

A machine can do work; only life can bear fruit. A law can compel work; only love can spontaneously bring forth fruit. Work implies effort and labor; the essential idea of fruit is that it is the silent, natural, restful produce of our inner life.

The truth is this: Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

The fact that the outer man decays from day to day does not hurt the believers' true Life. It even helps its growth, because the inner

Silence is a source of great strength.

Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.

Do what the heart commands. The heart is our only guide.