Maxim 219
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Because I love My Father, I do always the things that are pleasing to Him.”
Thus spoke our holy Master, and every soul who wants to live close to Him must also live this maxim. The divine good pleasure must be its food, its daily bread; it must let itself be immolated by all the Father's wishes in the likeness of His adored Christ. Each incident, each event, each suffering, as well as each joy, is a sacrament which gives God to it; so it no longer makes a distinction between these things; it surmounts them, goes beyond them to rest in its Master, above all things.
Third Day, 10
Heaven in Faith (1906)
Source: Neveryóna (1983), Chapter 7, “Of Commerce, Capital, Myths, and Missions” (p. 147)
“Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.”
Life Without Principle (1863)
