The Eremitic Life Quotes

“There is nothing more foreign to the hermit than the clownery of a glittering career, success, and all those vulgar illusions that tempt the modern world.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“Fasting, prayer, and almsgiving build the third pillar of the eremitic rigor that helps to develop the spiritual life.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“He wants to come out of the dusk of falsity and begin a new life.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“He tries to overcome the darkness of untruthfulness that impedes his liveliness and energy.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“They are the task he must undertake again and again for all his life.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“whatever it may consist of, however its specific colors may be painted,”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“It is deeply rooted in the peace”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“buoyancy of spirit.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“As a matter of fact, it is impossible to hurt such a person,”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“a good grasp of priorities.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“and salvation is given to those who feel they are completely unworthy of it.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“we are set free from all the illusions we fostered for so many years of our life.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“This meeting is what the hermit is longing for and awaiting eagerly.”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude

“on our way to our aims,”
― Cornelius Wencel, The Eremitic Life: Encountering God in Silence and Solitude