Weakness for wealth and for collecting and owning things of different kinds; the urge for physical (sensuous) enjoyment; the longing for honour, which is the root of envy; the desire to conquer and be the deciding factor; pride in the glory of power; the urge to adorn oneself and to be liked; the craving for praise; concern and anxiety for physical well-being. All these are of the world; they combine deceitfully to hold us in heavy bonds.
However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late. - Tito Colliander
However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late.
- Tito Colliander
If you were not full of self-pity you would soon observe that we ourselves are to blame for all this evil, because we refuse to understand that it is… - Tito Colliander
If you were not full of self-pity you would soon observe that we ourselves are to blame for all this evil, because we refuse to understand that it is…
As soon as you direct such a question outward to your fellow man and not inward to yourself, you have set yourself on a judgment seat and thereby jud… - Tito Colliander
As soon as you direct such a question outward to your fellow man and not inward to yourself, you have set yourself on a judgment seat and thereby jud…
We notice the person who is for ever bowing and fussily servile, and perhaps say, How humble he is! But the truly humble person escapes notice: the w… - Tito Colliander
We notice the person who is for ever bowing and fussily servile, and perhaps say, How humble he is! But the truly humble person escapes notice: the w…
It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and h… - Tito Colliander
It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and h…
The saints' deep secret is this: do not seek freedom, and freedom will be given you. - Tito Colliander
The saints' deep secret is this: do not seek freedom, and freedom will be given you.
It is precisely our egoism, our self-centeredness and self-love that cause all our difficulties, our lack of freedom in suffering, our disappointment… - Tito Colliander
It is precisely our egoism, our self-centeredness and self-love that cause all our difficulties, our lack of freedom in suffering, our disappointment…
Say nothing of the new life you have begun or of the experiment you are making and experiences you expect to have. All this is a matter between God a… - Tito Colliander
Say nothing of the new life you have begun or of the experiment you are making and experiences you expect to have. All this is a matter between God a…
Nothing happens accidentally or in such a way that you cannot learn from it; you must understand this at once, for this is how your trust grows in th… - Tito Colliander
Nothing happens accidentally or in such a way that you cannot learn from it; you must understand this at once, for this is how your trust grows in th…
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