Letters by a Modern Mystic Quotes

“There is no defeat unless one loses God, and then all is defeat, though it be housed in castles and buried in fortunes.”
― Frank Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“I have tasted a thrill in fellowship with God which has made anything discordant with God disgusting. This afternoon the possession of God has caught me up with such sheer joy that I thought I never had known anything like it. God was so close and so amazingly lovely that I felt like melting all over with a strange blissful contentment. Having had this experience, which comes to me now several times a week, the thrill of filth repels me, for I know its power to drag me from God. And after an hour of close friendship with God my soul feels as clean as new-fallen snow.”
― Frank Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“Disillusioned by all our other efforts, we now see that the only hope left for the human race is to become like Christ.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“The week with its failures and successes has taught me one new lesson. It is this: 'I must talk about God, or I cannot keep Him in my mind. I must give Him away in order to have Him.' That is the law of the spirit world. What one gives one has, what one keeps to oneself one loses.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“The fashion today is to place God in court and give Him a trial. We have had such a lust for “debunking” every good and useful man in history that even God cannot escape. It is one of the unfortunate by-products of the quest for truth, plus an unlovely hunger in humanity for scandal. It is a species of jealousy. We dislike to believe that anybody else is quite as good as we are, not even God. As for me, I choose to stop following this current, to stop posing as the judge of the universe. If it brought any good results I might continue, but to date it has carried me out into the desert and left me there.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“What, Father, do you desire said? What, Father, do you desire done this minute?”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“The depth and intensity of the friendship will depend upon variety and extent of the things we do and enjoy together. Will the friendship be constant? That again depends upon the permanence of our common interests, and upon whether or not our interests grow into ever-widening circles, so that we do not stagnate. The highest friendship demands growth. “It must be progressive as life itself is progressive.” Friends must walk together; they cannot long stand still together, for that means death to friendship and to life.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“This philosophy that one can begin all over instantly at any moment is proving of great help.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“It is this third stage that is really vital. How is it to be achieved? Precisely as any friendship is achieved—by doing things together. The depth and intensity of the friendship will depend upon variety and extent of the things we do and enjoy together. Will the friendship be constant? That again depends upon the permanence of our common interests, and upon whether or not our interests grow into ever-widening circles, so that we do not stagnate. The highest friendship demands growth. “It must be progressive as life itself is progressive.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“It is that spirit of greed which Jesus said God hated more than any other. It is so diametrically opposite to the Spirit of God. For God forever lavishes His gifts upon the good and bad alike, and finds all His joy in endless giving.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“I disapprove of the usual practice of talking 'small talk' whenever we meet, and holding a veil over our souls. If we are so impoverished that we have nothing to reveal but small talk, then we need to struggle for more richness of soul.”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic

“And I added another resolve—to be as wide open toward people and their need as I am toward God. Windows open outward as well as upward! Windows especially open downward where people need most!”
― Frank C. Laubach, Letters by a Modern Mystic