 ... 32. Contemplation is to be Preferred to Study. Being asked by a certain Brother what book he considered the most useful and profitable for him to read, the Saint replied : ' Read the book of the Cross, and do not indulge in vain and curious studies....  Franciscan Annals - Page 211885Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...coincidehtly with the dissolution of that union. It is, again, equally obvious that the soul is not created for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul. To suppose the superior provided for the sake of the inferior, or that the passive formed the active,... | |
 | Plato - 1859 - 580 pages
...be told in all states is of all things the most beautiful and the best ;• (namely,) that it exists for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul. J Of the good things then existing, for the sake of which wealth naturally exists, it would be the... | |
 | Bonaventura (st, card.) - 1868 - 284 pages
...out the least ray of the eternal light which visits us from above; for the soul has not received the light for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul I would, therefore, choose rather to lose the light of the body than to repress those tears by which... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1870 - 358 pages
...out the least ray of the eternal light which visits us from above ; for the soul has not received the light for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul. I would, therefore, choose rather to lose the sight of the body than to repress those tears by which... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 520 pages
...shut out the least ray of the Eternal Light which visits us from above ; for the soul receives not the light for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul. I would rather lose the light of the body, therefore, than repress those tears by which the inner eyes... | |
 | Saint Francis (of Assisi) - 1882 - 344 pages
...spiritual light, for the sake of that light which we have in common with the flies ; for the soul does not receive light for the sake of the body, but the...is he who abstains from these for the love of God.' 33. The Sight of Women is to be Avoided. The companion of the Saint once asked him why he did not look... | |
 | Francis (st, of Assisi.) - 1882 - 358 pages
...spiritual light, for the sake of that light which we have in common with the flies ; for the soul does not receive light for the sake of the body, but the...is he who abstains from these for the love of God.' 33. The Sight of Women is to be Avoided. The companion of the Saint once asked him why he did not look... | |
 | 1885 - 408 pages
...spiritual light, for the sake of that light which we have in common with the flies ; for the soul does not receive light for the sake of the body, but the...is he who abstains from these for the love of God." 10 IRame of 3esus. NAME of peace and holiness ! O gentle name of love ! O sweetest name that ever came... | |
 | Robert Pasnau - 2002 - 386 pages
...considered as reason insofar as the body exists for the sake of the soul. For the soul does not exist for the sake of the body, but the body for the sake of the soul, inasmuch as the body's function (ministerio) is perfected by knowledge and morality. 4 It can be considered... | |
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