Blessed Henry Suso Quotes

One should not judge pleasure according to the senses. One should judge it according to truth. . . . The power to renounce gives one more power than to possess things."
― Henry Suso, Henry Suso: The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons ~ Henry Suso

Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone. ~ Henry Suso

It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth. ~ Henry Suso

By ignorance the truth is known. ~ Henry Suso

The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we walk or stand still, eat or drink, we should at all times wear the golden locket "Jesus" upon our heart. ~ Henry Suso

If your enemies see that you grow courageous, and that you will neither be seduced by flatteries nor disheartened by the pains and trials of your journey, but rather are contented with them, they will grow afraid of you. ~ Henry Suso

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. ~ Henry Suso

In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to peace in it, and inner voice said to me: 'This is not what thou seekest. ~ Henry Suso

Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed. ~ Henry D. Moyle

Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle! ~ Henry Ward Beecher

We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from the Book of Mormon. ~ Henry B. Eyring

Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. ~ Henry Van Dyke

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Thou shalt understand that it is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, for to learn to die. For a man to know that he shall die, that is common to all men; as much as there is no man that may ever live or he hath hope or trust thereof; but thou shalt find full few that hath this cunning to learn to die. I shall give thee the mystery of this doctrine; the which shall profit thee greatly to the beginning of ghostly health, and to a stable fundamental of all virtues. ~ Henry Suso

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God ~ Henry Kissinger

To tell a man who has no realization that he is lost, that he may be saved by faith in Christ, means nothing to him, however true and blessed the fact is in itself. ~ Henry Allen Ironside

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club. ~ Henry Beard

My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God's kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done. ~ Henry B. Eyring

Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind, Of the Northwest-Wind, Keewaydin, To the Islands of the Blessed, To the Kingdom of Ponemah, To the Land of the Hereafter! ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,
May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;
While he who walks in love may wander far,
Yet God will bring him where the blessed are. ~ Henry Van Dyke

How do you tap in to what God has already done? Very simple: just act like you're blessed, talk like you're blessed, walk like you're blessed, think like you're blessed, smile like you're blessed, dress like you're blessed. Put actions behind your faith, and one day you will see it become a reality. ~ Joel Osteen

Let us think today of the prospect of sharing in a sublime and blessed existence such as is portrayed in the text of the Apocalypse before us, and let us ask ourselves whether it should or should not make any difference in our present state of being. ~ Henry Parry Liddon

He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him every day by day, and the divine being established. ~ Henry David Thoreau

We are better givers than getters, not because we are generous people, but because we are proud, arrogant people. The Christmas story-the one according to Luke, not Dickens-is not about how blessed it is to be givers but about how essential it is to see ourselves as receivers. ~ William Henry Willimon

The first hour of the morning, is the rudder of the day. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up. ~ Sugar Ray Leonard

Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of music; for all thoughts are harmonious and all feelings vocal, and so there is round about his feet eternal melody. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Blessed is the satirist; and blessed the ironist; blessed the witty scoffer, and blessed the sentimentalist; for each, having seen one spoke of the wheel, thinks to have seen all, and is content. ~ Christopher Morley

When you're anointed, you become blessed of God such that everything you touch or do prospers. To be "blessed" means to be empowered to prosper. ~ Chris Oyakhilome

Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present. He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. ~ Henry David Thoreau

For whatever reason I was born into privilege; I've never known hunger, poverty, or despair. I have been blessed, blessed, blessed
relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. ~ Jen Hatmaker

And oft the blessed time foretells
When all men shall be free;
And musical, as silver bells,
Their falling chains shall be. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Abby Suso is singlehandedly reclaiming eye crinkles for our generation. ~ Becky Albertalli

You know, I'm blessed. 'Blessed' is a better way of saying 'rich.' ~ Roseanne Barr

Declare you are blessed! Start talking like it's going to happen. ~ Germany Kent

Everyone is blessed in their own way. One can be blessed in writing and not sports. No matter what you are blessed don't forget that. ~ Braxton Stewart

Blessed tree and blessed birds, that were to be neither saved nor damned. ~ Anthony Burgess

May these vows and this marriage be blessed. ~ Rumi

As calls come to us for church service by the Lord's representatives, it is natural for us to wonder why we have been selected. The Lord has made it plain that every individual has been blessed and endowed with certain gifts and talents. And while there are many gifts, yet 'To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be profited thereby.' (D&C 46:12) ~ Henry D. Taylor

I want to be blessed so I can build orphanages. Blessed so I can build hospitals and do other things with our finances. ~ Joel Osteen

We have the promises of God as thick as daisies in summer meadows, that death, which men most fear, shall be to us the most blessed of experiences, if we trust in him. Death is unclasping; joy, breaking out in the desert; the heart, come to its blossoming time! Do we call it dying when the bud bursts into flower? ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise ... Blessed are those whose strength is in you ... blessed is the one who trusts in you! ~ David

I think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can't even find one. ~ Marco Rubio

If you're not grateful for what you already have, why should you be blessed with more ... ~ Germany Kent

There is a blessèd home,
Beyond this land of woe,
Where trials never come,
Nor tears of sorrow flow;
Where faith is lost in sight,
And patient hope is crowned,
And everlasting light
Its glory throws around. ~ Henry W. Baker

There is no human love like a mother's love. There is no human tenderness like a mother's tenderness ... In all ages everywhere, the true children of a true mother 'rise up and call her blessed'; for they realize, sooner or later, that God gives no richer blessing to man than is found in a mother's love. ~ Henry Clay Trumbull

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. ~ Roger Moore

Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord. ~ Guru Gobind Singh

If we are to be blessed, we must pursue the Giver of blessings. ~ Dillon Burroughs

The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as if the flavor were so good to itself that its own lips watered!) of a mild and modest warmth, the sugar suggesting jelly, yet not jellied, the morsels of apple neither dissolved nor yet in original substance, but hanging as it were in a trance between the spirit and the flesh of applehood ... then, O blessed man, favored by all the divinities! eat, give thanks, and go forth, 'in apple-pie order!'" ~ Henry Ward Beecher

High trees cast long shadows. The happier and more blessed a woman's life is, the more duz she feel for them that are less blessed than she. ~ Marietta Holley

Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities. ~ Daniel Quinn

I don't even dislike Abby. It's just that my brain doesn't work right around her. ~ Becky Albertalli

Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they may no longer belong to themselves. ~ Francois Fenelon

She has the kind of mouth that always rests in a faint smile, and she smells a little like French toast. ~ Becky Albertalli

People are stumbling over the simplest things. Take, for instance, that word believeth. You would think that was plain enough for anybody, but all my life I have heard people say, 'I have always believed, and yet I am not saved.' It does not say, 'Whosoever believeth the Bible, or creeds, or even the gospel story,' but it does say, 'Whosoever believeth in him.' What is it to believe in Him? It means to put your soul's confidence in Him, to trust in Him, God's blessed Son. ~ Henry Allen Ironside

Herein Moses was a type of Christ, who stands between God and man, to show us the word of the Lord, a blessed days-man, that has laid his hand upon us both, so that we may both hear from God and speak to him without trembling. ~ Matthew Henry

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it. ~ Max Lucado

It is a blessed gift to witness the beauty of each day. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Blessed are the generous in love: for theirs is the Love of the Goddess.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the poor: for they shall inherit the Earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after the knowledge: for they shall be enlightened.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall be loved by the Goddess.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the avatars of the Goddess.
Blessed are they who are persecuted: for theirs will be the Goddesses' justice.
Blessed are you of the Goddess when the ignorant shall revile you,
And persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the Goddesses sake. ~ Anna Livia Plurabelle

If I do look back, I'll say that I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and I appreciate God for not only letting me live through everything, but to prosper. ~ Flavor Flav

Too BLESSED to entertain mess. ~ Stephanie Lahart

A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a magician?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "What are you then?" "I am awake." ~ Gautama Buddha

'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time. ~ Benedict Cumberbatch

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single. ~ Greta Garbo

Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed. ~ Thomas Huxley

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center. ~ Margaret Mary Alacoque

I have blessed hands. I got my hands blessed by the priest, and I am able to give out Holy Communion at Mass. It is lovely to be part of it. ~ Sarah Bolger

I had a friend whose life was perfect. She always said to me, "I'm truly blessed." I thought, "Of course you're blessed; your life is perfect." Even during a difficult time, circumstances moved to take care of everything for her. When I remarked on this she repeated, "I'm truly blessed." I never put it together until I discovered The Secret; it was her words that BROUGHT her blessed and perfect life! ~ Rhonda Byrne

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up. ~ Kenneth Edmonds

Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

God has blessed me to see the luxury side of things. ~ DJ Khaled

Blessed are the generous, for they know their riches belong to others. Blessed ~ Tony Hendra

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord. ~ Guru Gobind Singh

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking. ~ Sri Chinmoy

We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it; and did not spend our time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. ~ Albert Camus

Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am. ~ Queen Victoria

Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do. ~ Jim Calhoun

I was blessed with blonde hair and a baby face - well, I don't know if you'd call that blessed - I don't even remember when I started shaving. ~ Clay Matthews III

I am blessed beyond my fondest dreams. ~ Louise Hay

I am so blessed. How blessed I am to have the life that I have. ~ Nik Wallenda

When you serve others, when you make somebody else's life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you're being blessed. ~ Joel Osteen

I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others. ~ Akiane Kramarik

We built a life together based on the things we cared about, the things that we loved, we were blessed with a daughter who turned out pretty well I would say. We have been very blessed. ~ Hillary Clinton

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw. ~ Judith Guest

I'm looking for a hard-headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard-headed woman, I know the rest of my life will be blessed ~ Cat Stevens

I couldn't be more blessed. ~ Armie Hammer

As it is more blessed to receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back. ~ Robert Frost

Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights. ~ Narendra Modi

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor. ~ Henry Rollins

Blessed are those with a voice. ~ Mamoru Oshii

Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand. ~ Horace

It's more blessed to give than to receive
especially kittens. ~ Bill Cosby

Everybody wants to be someplace he ain't. ~ Henry Ford

Standing where God's mercies fall is the guarantee for being blessed. ~ Manuela George-Izunwa

I threw [Picasso's] drawing on the floor and in doing so, threw away about £50m. ~ Brian Blessed