Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Quotes

We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to...

We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to...

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Tags: materialism, self denial, simplicity

In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be the sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do w...

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be the sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do w...

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Tags: peace, simplicity, tranquility

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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (Commonly known as Madame Guyon, French: [gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer.