Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon: State

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon was French mystic. Explore interesting quotes on state.

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon: 14 quotes1 like

“Our activity should consist in placing ourselves in a state of susceptibility to Divine impressions, and pliability to all the operations of the Eternal Word.”

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 193.

“The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which inclinations God responds, and instructs the soul, which co-operates actively. God then puts the soul in a passive state where He accomplishes all, causing great progress, first by way of enjoyment, then by privation, and finally by pure love.”

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 240.

“Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.”

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 542.