Quote#God & Faith
You have, I hope, the Love, surely you have the Will, although it…
Quote byCharles Webster Leadbeater · 1854–1934
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Talks on At the Feet of the Master (1922).
English (original)
You have, I hope, the Love, surely you have the Will, although it seems sometimes as though that will flagged. But we must remember that those three are the manifestations of the Divine, and that we, who wish to work with... and for... , must possess within ourselves those attributes of God. (Thirty-second Talk)
— Charles Webster Leadbeater
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