Walter Hilton: Quotes about God

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“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.”

Book I, ch. 59 (p. 72)
The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

“Others, who have the common amount of charity and have not yet grown in grace to this extent, but are guided by their own reason, struggle and strive all day against their sins in order to acquire virtues. Like wrestlers, they are sometimes on top, and sometimes underneath. Such people are doing well. They acquire virtues through their own reason and will, but not because they love and delight in virtue, for they have to exert all of their energy to overcome their natural instincts in order to possess them. Consequently they never enjoy true peace or final victory. They will receive a great reward, but they are not yet sufficiently humble. They have not yet put themselves wholly into God's hands, because they do not yet see Him.”

Book II, ch. 36 (p. 211)
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.”

Book I, ch. 41 (p. 47)
The Ladder of Perfection (1494)

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

Book II, ch. 22 (p. 160)
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.”

Book II, ch. 37 (p. 214)
The Ladder of Perfection (1494)