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.
Johann Arndt
Related Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou a... WILLIAM DRUMMOND I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. SAINT AUGUSTINE I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. ST. AUGUSTINE Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. GEORGE HERBERT Drink not the third glass which thou canst not tame / When once it is within thee. GEORGE HERBERT I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee GREEK PROVERB Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame,
When once it is within thee; but before
... GEORGE HERBERT Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with r... AKHENATON AKHENATON Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with r... AKHENATON Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothi... JAMES ALLEN Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY They call thee rich; I deem thee poor; since, if thou darest not use thy store, but savest only for ... LUCILLIUS Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world. MUHAMMAD IQBAL [A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first t... HéLOïSE D'ARGENTEUIL Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee!
... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, who... WILLIAM LAW Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor;
And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. WILLIAM COWPER Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while t... JOHN HOSKINS But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I... BIBLE Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast w... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the myste... THOMAS À KEMPIS Remember thee! remember thee! Till Lethe quench life's burning stream Remorse and sham... GEORGE GORDON BYRON Am not IA fly like thee?Or art not thouA man like me? WILLIAM BLAKE All nature is but art unknown to thee. ALEXANDER POPE Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ... TACITUS Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS There is no living with thee, nor without thee. MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL There is no living with thee, nor without thee. MARTIAL In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell an... JAKOB BOHME And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the ga... BIBLE Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to be... LAMAN BLANCHARD But zeal moved thee;
To please thy gods thou didst it! JOHN MILTON The true way to be humble is not to stoop till thou art smaller than thyself, but to stand at thy re... PHILLIPS BROOKS But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. BIBLE Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
... THOMAS FULLER But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for t... BIBLE Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
For as... BIBLE Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: / For as ... BIBLE Abide with me from morn to eve, / For without Thee I cannot live: / Abide with me when night is nigh... JOHN KEBLE Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee Save Me, save only Me? All which I took from the... FRANCIS G. THOMPSON As if thou e'er wert angry
But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred
Can bring more to the... PHILIP MASSINGER I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort the... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou s... BIBLE Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not ... BIBLE Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which tho... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard ... BIBLE But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,Chaos is come again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon ... BIBLE Soul of the Age! / The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! / My Shakespeare, rise; I will no... BEN JONSON Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee - for whither thou goest, I wil... CASSANDRA CLARE Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my c... BIBLE Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee... BIBLE All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer. ROBERT OWEN But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer ROBERT OWEN All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer. ROBERT OWEN Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. The... HERMAN MELVILLE Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I... ANONYMOUS Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: / He ... BIBLE Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as n... BIBLE Hail, guest, we ask not what thou art;
If friend, we greet thee, hand and heart;
If stranger, ... PAUL ELMER MORE Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! THOMAS HOOD Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall... BIBLE Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless... JOSEPH ADDISON Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell abou... JOSEPH ADDISON Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that fo... MARK TWAIN Ah! dearest Jesus, Holy Child,Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled,Within my heart, that it may beA quie... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I have joined my heart to thee: all that exists are thou. O Lord, beloved of my heart, thou art the ... JAFAR PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not ... BIBLE I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. SOCRATES I pray thee, O God that I may be beautiful within SOCRATES Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much ve... BIBLE Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid...for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth ... BIBLE My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear-a care-woven garment that protects ... KAHLIL GIBRAN Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra... JUNIUS Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra... OLIVER GOLDSMITH Perdition catch my soul, but I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour... BIBLE If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little MARTIN FRAQUHAR TUPPER Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 "I have not sought Thee, I have not found Thee, I have no... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Thou seest, thou wicked varlet, now, what’s come upon thee: thou art to continue, now, thou varlet... LORNA SAGE I love thee as I love all that we have fought for. I love thee as I love liberty and dignity and the... ERNEST HEMINGWAY These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: / But if I tarry long, that thou m... BIBLE Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou... HERMAN MELVILLE Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what... F. W. ROBERTSON All Nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance direction, which thou canst not see;
All dis... ALEXANDER POPE All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord... ALEXANDER POPE When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. MARCUS AURELIUS Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous in... JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 My God, I love Thee -- not because I hop... MEISTER ECKHART Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
... WILLIAM WORDSWORTH "Come to me, darling; I'm lonely without thee;
Daytime and nighttime I'm dreaming about thee." JOSEPH BRENAN (BRENNAN) Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediate... SENECA Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone. GEORGE W. BETHUNE I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putti... BIBLE
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JOHANN VON GOETHE I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the w... JOHANN VON GOETHE To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone. JOHANN VON GOETHE Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they of... JOHANN VON GOETHE We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives. JOHANN VON GOETHE Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows... JOHANN VON GOETHE Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirk... JOHANN VON GOETHE The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to d... JOHANN VON GOETHE There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that b... JOHANN VON GOETHE Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon. JOHANN VON GOETHE The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. JOHANN VON GOETHE Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him. JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously t... JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies ... JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. JOHANN VON GOETHE Stupidity is without anxiety. JOHANN VON GOETHE To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you. JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. JOHANN VON GOETHE Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. JOHANN VON GOETHE Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image JOHANN VON GOETHE There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the ... JOHANN VON GOETHE If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it ... JOHANN VON GOETHE Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart? JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine -- and even, alas! Theology -- from end to e... JOHANN VON GOETHE In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. JOHANN VON GOETHE Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love. JOHANN VON GOETHE No one as ever completed their apprenticeship. JOHANN VON GOETHE Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificin... JOHANN VON GOETHE Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. JOHANN G. SEUME We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions. JOHANN VON GOETHE Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER