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Quotes from The Ladder of Perfection — Walter Hilton

d. 1396 England

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What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

Regard yourself all the more as a sinner because you cannot feel yourself to be what you are.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

A venial sin of your own is a greater obstacle to your experiencing the love of Jesus Christ than the sin of anyone else, however great it may be.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

For although prayer is not the cause for which our Lord gives grace, it is nevertheless the means by which grace, freely given, comes to the soul.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

There are many who are hypocrites although they think they are not, and there are many who are afraid of being hypocrites although they certainly are not. Which is the one and which is the other God knows, and none but He.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in their sins, thinking that it may be theirs whenever they wish. But this is not so, for then they are too late and are taken in their sins before they expect it, and so damn themselves.

The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Hilton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.