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William Law, an English writer, was born in 1686 and died on April 9, 1761. His works covered various fields such as philosophy, religion, and morality, and had a profound impact on later generations.

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“If someone is leaving you behind, and you are becoming jealous and embittered, keep praying that he may have success in the very matter where he is awakening your envy; and whether he is helped or not, one thing is sure, that your own soul will be cleansed and ennobled.”

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Author:William Law

“They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the nature of man; they do not know that they are to learn to pray, and that prayer is to be learnt as they learn other things, by frequency, constancy, and perseverance.”

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Book:A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

Source: A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

“If religion commands universal charity, to love our neighbors as ourselves, to forgive and pray for all our enemies without any reserve; it is because all degrees of love are degrees of happiness, that strengthen and support the Divine life of the soul, and are as necessary to its health and happiness, as proper food is necessary to the health and happiness of the body.”

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Book:A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

Source: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

“The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.”

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Author:William Law

“He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.”

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Book:A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition

Source: A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition

“We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.”

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Book:A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].

Source: A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].