Hermits; The Insights of Solitude Quotes

“Somebody said: He who acquires the spirit of peace will save thousands of souls around him.”
― Peter France, Hermits; The Insights of Solitude

“An abbas said: If you want to be saved — be a dead man, taking no notice either of the injustice of men or of their praises. Behave like the dead and you will be saved.”
― Peter France, Hermits; The Insights of Solitude

“A saintly man once said: ‘The wood of the cross that now breaks your back first grew in the soil of your heart.”
― Peter France, Hermits; The Insights of Solitude

“If possession without attachment were possible, then possession would not be a bar to spiritual growth.”
― Peter France, Hermits; The Insights of Solitude

“Malicious gossip is the death of the soul.”
― Peter France, Hermits; The Insights of Solitude