Quote#World
Other things being equal, a person beginning the spiritual life with…
Quote byFrederick William Faber · 1814–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Spiritual Conferences (1859), Ch. IX: "On a Taste for Reading", p. 363..
English (original)
Other things being equal, a person beginning the spiritual life with a taste for reading has a much greater chance both of advancing and of persevering than one who is destitute of such a taste. Experience shows that it is almost equal to a grace. The hardest thing in the world is to think, that is, to think real thought.
— Frederick William Faber
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