Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) French writer
My Mother’s House [La Maison de Claudine], “The Priest on the Wall [Le curé sur le mur]” (1922) [tr. Troubridge/McLeod (1949)]
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. [Il n’est pas mauvais que les enfants remettent de temps en temps, avec politesse, les parents à leur place.] (Source (French))
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Kindness is invincible, if it be sincere and not hypocritical or a mere facade. For what can the most insulting of people do to you if you are consistently kind to him, and, when the occasion allows, gently advise him and quietly put him on the proper course at the very time when he is attempting to do you a mischief. “No, my son, we were born for something other than this; it is not I who am harmed, it is you, my son, who are causing harm to yourself.”Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 18 (11.18) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hard (1997 ed.)]
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Kindness is invincible, if it be sincere and not hypocritical or a mere facade. For what can the most insulting of people do to you if you are consistently kind to him, and, when the occasion allows, gently advise him and quietly put him on the proper course at the…
“My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.”
― Allan Dare Pearce
A quotation from Charles Mackay
You have no enemies, you say?Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Poem (1884), “No Enemies”, Interludes and Undertones, Poem 121
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Quote of the day, 6 February: St. John of the Cross
The humble are those who hide in their own nothingness and know how to abandon themselves to God.
The meek are those who know how to suffer their neighbor and themselves.
If you desire to be perfect, sell your will, give it to the poor in spirit, come to Christ in meekness and humility, and follow him to Calvary and the sepulcher.
Those who trust in themselves are worse than the devil.
Saint John of the Cross
Sayings of Light and Love, nos. 163-166
John of the Cross, St. 1991, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Revised Edition, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K and Rodriguez, O with revisions and introductions by Kavanaugh, K, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
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Correlation is Not Causation.
When I was an atheist, I couldn't understand why a non-believer would ever come to believe in God. I knew that in times of crisis - for example with the death of a loved one, or one's own impending demise - people sometimes turned to God, and I assumed it was simply a desperate grasp for something to make them feel better.
This is probably sometimes true, but I later learned that there is another angle: The trials of life can be very humbling, and humility - meekness - is a crucial prerequisite to having a first-hand, religious/spiritual experience. Its opposite, arrogance, is a barrier. Once that experience has been had, and whatever trial brought about the meekness has passed, that spiritual connection remains. (Of course, other things can erode that connection, but that's a separate topic.)
A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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A little embarrassment prevents a lot of goodness.
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They say that meekness is a great power
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
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