No man can know God unless God has taught him; that is to say, that without God, God cannot be known.

Irenaeus (Bishop, 130 A.D.)

Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.

Irenaeus (Bishop, 130 A.D.)

Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself.

Irenaeus (Bishop, 130 A.D.)

The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.

Irenaeus (Bishop, 130 A.D.)

Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.

Irenaeus (Bishop, 130 A.D.)

The will is that which has all power; it makes heaven and it makes hell: for there is no hell but where the will of the creature is turned from God, nor any heaven but where the will of the creature worketh with God.

William Law (Writer, 1686 – 1761)

The sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half the certainty that God, the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him.

William Law (Writer, 1686 – 1761)

If someone is leaving you behind, and you are becoming jealous and embittered, keep praying that he may have success in the very matter where he is awakening your envy; and whether he is helped or not, one thing is sure, that your own soul will be cleansed and ennobled.

William Law (Writer, 1686 – 1761)

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

William Law (Writer, 1686 – 1761)

This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves; if they are great, it must be only as great receivers of the gifts of God; their power can only be so much of the divine power acting in them; their wisdom can be only so much of the divine wisdom shining within them; and their light and glory, only so much of the light and glory of God shining upon them.

William Law (Writer, 1686 – 1761)