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He who is not alone cannot be silent. And he who is not silent cannot hear you when you speak to him.

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More quotes by Guigo II

He who is mounted on pride does not know how to sit still.

Let him sit alone, the Scripture says; and indeed, unless he sits and rests, he will not be alone.

Reading seeks for the sweetness of a blessed life, meditation perceives it, prayer asks for it, contemplation tastes it.

There is little sweetness in the study of the literal sense, unless there be a commentary, which is found in the heart, to reveal the inward sense.

O my God, so good and tender and kind, dear friend, wise counselor, powerful support, how heartless and rash is the man who rejects you, who casts from his heart so humble and gentle a guest!

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God seeks comrades and claims love,
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