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Quotes from Lumina and New Lumina — Adrienne von Speyr

d. 1967 Switzerland

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13 quotes

Ultimate audacity: to want to love a person—to say nothing of one's neighbor!—as God loves him.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

If there were just one possibility—either to do the good or to combat evil—man would have to opt for the first.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Christian hope is a vessel in which faith lives; love carries it.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Whoever wants to love is better knowing nothing than too much.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Suffering without faith would be like love without hope.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

The sins of others can never become the measure of your own.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

The ability to suffer and the ability to love are one.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

There is already so much grace in a Christian body. Can you imagine how much grace there is in a soul?

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

When we sin, we think we are geniuses; when we confess, we know we are idiots.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Once a scientific question is settled, it remains interesting and alive only if it draws attention to new questions; every conclusion is meant as a transition to a new beginning.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

When we make our own calculations, we need so many numbers and factors that any mistake is possible. The Lord's calculation boils down to love.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Only faith can keep what hope promises.

Lumina and New Lumina (1969)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adrienne von Speyr (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.