Louis Claude de Saint-Martin Professions : Philosopher Born : January 18, 1743 Died : October 13, 1803 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin For our personal advancement in virtue and truth one quality is sufficient, namely, love; to advance humanity there must be two, love and intelligence; to accomplish the Great Work there must be three love, intelligence, and activity. And yet love is ever the root and the source. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin truth inspirational love I have desired to do good, but I have not desired to make noise, because I have felt that noise did no good and that good made no noise. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin noise desire philosophy The only initiation which I advocate and which I look for with all the ardor of my Soul, is that by which we are able to enter into the Heart of God within us, and there make an Indissoluble Marriage, which makes us the Friend and Spouse of the Repairer … there is no other way to arrive at this Holy Initiation than for us to delve more and more into the depth of our Soul and to not let go of the prize until we have succeeded in liberating its lively and vivifying origin. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin soul letting-go heart Thus, from the first divine contract, and the pure region where truth abides, a continuous chain of mercies and light extends to humanity, through every epoch, and will be prolonged to the end of time, until it returns to the abode from which it descends, taking with it all the peaceful souls it shall have collected in its course; that we may know that it was Love which opened, directed and closed the circle of all things. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin circles light soul Books are the windows of the truth, but they are not the door; they point out things and yet they do not impart them. It is within that we should write, think, and speak, not merely on paper. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin writing book thinking People of peace, men and women of desire, such is the splendor of the Temple in which you will one day have the right to take your place. Such privilege should astonish you less, however, than your ability to commence building it down here, your ability, in fact, to adorn it at every moment of your existence. Remember the saying 'as above, so below', and contribute to this by making 'as below, so above'. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin desire men people All the impressions which are made on us by Nature are designed to exercise our soul during its terms of penitence, to prompt us towards the eternal truths shown beneath a veil, and to lead us to recover what we have lost. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin veils soul exercise As a proof that we are regenerated, we must regenerate everything around us. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin proof All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin language speak country God is a fixed paradise; man should be a paradise in motion. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin paradise should men Similar Authors F. H. Bradley philosopher Irving Copi philosopher Ivan Ilyin philosopher Ivan Illich philosopher Bion of Borysthenes philosopher Bonaventure philosopher All Authors
