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“The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from his soul the conceptual images they provoke, should pray for a pure heart to be given him and for a spirit of integrity to be renewed within him (cf. Ps. 51:10). In other words, he should pray that by grace he may be completely emptied of evil thoughts and filled with divine thoughts, so that he may become a spiritual world of God, splendid and vast, wrought from moral, natural and theological forms of contemplation.”

“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).”

“A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and a often even triumphs over the natural disfavor.”

Soul Faces Natural Grace Spread Noble Triumph Irresistible

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Schiller (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Schiller (Illustrated)

“Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.”

Source: The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence

“L'homme n'est qu'un sujet plein d'erreur, naturelle et ineffa c° able sans la gra" ce. Man is nothing but a subject full of natural error that cannot be eradicated except through grace.”

Men Able Natural Grace Subjects Errors

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Sleep is the most blessed and blessing of all natural graces.”

Natural Sleep Grace Blessing Blessed

Author:Aldous Huxley

“Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.”

Ifs Growth Natural Quality Practice Grace Habit Lasting Charming

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“True grace is natural, not artificial, because, however strenuously you strive to gain it, when it is gained it never gives the impression of effort or straining for effect.”

Giving Natural Effort Grace Effects Gains Strive Impression Artificial

Book:Good Talking and Good Manners: Fine Arts, with a Paper on the Social Law of Mutual Help and the Labor Problem

Source: Good Talking and Good Manners: Fine Arts, with a Paper on the Social Law of Mutual Help and the Labor Problem

“The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.”

People World Writing Feelings Natural Perfect Grace Security Style Fine Taste Profound Depth Delicate Daring Engaging Distinguished Polish Careless Vigorous Naivete

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?”

Play Natural Watches Grace Movement Kitten

Author:Anna Cora Mowatt

“Christ quickens none but the dead. Why do not the papists attain to this grace of justification? They never see themselves wholly dead, but join some life to the natural estate of man. Therefore Christ quickens them not.”

Men Christ Natural Grace Justification Estates

Book:Works of Richard Sibbes: Expositions and treatises from portions of several of the Epistles of St. Paul

Source: Works of Richard Sibbes: Expositions and treatises from portions of several of the Epistles of St. Paul

“The home is a woman's natural background.... From the beginning I tried to have the policy of the store reflect as nearly as it was possible in the commercial world, those standards of comfort and grace which are apparent in a lovely home.”

World Home Natural Grace Policy Comfort Standards Stores Lovely Backgrounds

Author:Hortense Odlum

“The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it be sincere, is the result of a work of grace in your heart.”

Ifs Heart Young Natural Prayer Results Grace Cry Creatures Sincere Ravens

Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727

“Grace is in a great measure a natural gift; elegance implies cultivation; or something of more artificial character. A rustic, uneducated girl may be graceful, but an elegant woman must be accomplished and well trained. It is the same with things as with persons; we talk of a graceful tree, but of an elegant house or other building. Animals may be graceful, but they cannot be elegant. The movements of a kitten or a young fawn are full of grace; but to call them "elegant" animals would be absurd.”

Source: A Selection of English Synonyms