Guigo I
Guigo I also known as Guigues du Chastel, Guigo de Castro and Guigo of Saint-Romain, was a Carthusian monk and the 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery in the 12th century.
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Quotes
[edit]The Meditations of Guigo I, Prior of the Charterhouse
[edit]- as translated by A. Gordon Mursell (1995)
- Without form or comeliness, and nailed to the cross—thus is truth to be adored.
- #5
- Anyone who delights in praise destroys it.
- #20
- Prepare your mind to live in the company of evil people, with your mind unsullied; to do this is to live like an angel.
- #22
- The more noble and powerful a creature is, the more willingly it submits to the truth. Indeed it is powerful and noble precisely because of its submission.
- #84
- To want good things even for the wicked is a characteristic of saints.
- #127
