{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_10: Avoid as far as thou canst", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_db9e04710313", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_56: My Son, so far as thou art able to go out of thyself so far shalt thou be abl...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "My Son, so far as thou art able to go out of thyself so far shalt thou be able to enter into Me. As to desire no outward thing worketh internal peace, so the forsaking of self inwardly joineth unto Go"}, {"id": "card_n_faa2f27d2ad3", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_10: Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly thi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly things, though it be innocently undertaken, is a hindrance, so quickly are we led captive and defiled by vanity. Many a time I"}, {"id": "card_n_4d5df2f92c5b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_17: “My Son, suffer me to do with thee what I will; I know what is expedient for ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, suffer me to do with thee what I will; I know what is expedient for thee. Thou thinkest as a man, in many things thou judgest as human affection persuadeth thee.” 2. Lord, what Thou sayest is"}, {"id": "card_n_10f4dc63d265", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_27: “My Son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own. Know thou that the love of thyself is more hurtful to thee than anything in the world. According to the love and inclination which tho"}, {"id": "card_n_26d6b024cac1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_50: O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt s...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt so it is done, and what Thou doest is good. Let Thy servant rejoice in Thee, not in himself, nor in any other; because Thou "}, {"id": "card_n_32fad3beb6a6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_32: “My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restles"}, {"id": "card_n_94616f44862c", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_37: “My Son, lose thyself and thou shalt find Me.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, lose thyself and thou shalt find Me. Stand still without all choosing and all thought of self, and thou shalt ever be a gainer. For more grace shall be added to thee, as soon as thou resignes"}, {"id": "card_n_f0a363b79c87", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_46: “My Son, stand fast and believe in Me.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, stand fast and believe in Me. For what are words but words? They fly through the air, but they bruise no stone. If thou are guilty, think how thou wouldst gladly amend thyself; if thou knowes"}, {"id": "card_n_cec7f8fd6ed6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_12: O Lord God, I see that patience is very necessary unto me; for many things in...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord God, I see that patience is very necessary unto me; for many things in this life fall out contrary. For howsoever I may have contrived for my peace, my life cannot go on without strife and trou"}, {"id": "card_n_08a72467d0b2", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_40: Lord, what is man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou v...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Lord, what is man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest him?(1) What hath man deserved, that Thou shouldest bestow thy favour upon him? Lord, what cause can I have of comp"}, {"id": "card_n_92673aa7759b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_19: “What sayest thou, My Son?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“What sayest thou, My Son? Cease to complain; consider My suffering and that of My saints. Thou hast not yet resisted unto blood.(1) It is little which thou sufferest in comparison with those who have"}, {"id": "card_n_c37b3cf4b16f", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_57: “My Son, patience and humility in adversities are more pleasing to Me than mu...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, patience and humility in adversities are more pleasing to Me than much comfort and devotion in prosperity. Why doth a little thing spoken against thee make thee sad? If it had been more, thou"}, {"id": "card_n_ad3c9647b114", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_35: “My Son, thou art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armour will al...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armour will always be needful for thee as long as thou livest. Thou dwellest among foes, and art attacked on the right hand and on the le"}, {"id": "card_n_9c0a5a752147", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_16: Whatsoever I am able to desire or to think of for my solace, I look for it no...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Whatsoever I am able to desire or to think of for my solace, I look for it not here, but hereafter. For if I alone had all the solaces of this world, and were able to enjoy all its delights, it is cer"}, {"id": "card_n_c3f95ab81a10", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_51: “My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after vi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after virtues, nor to stand fast in the loftier region of contemplation; but thou must of necessity sometimes descend to lower thin"}, {"id": "card_n_14ce90444d15", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_25: Be thou watchful and diligent in God’s service, and bethink thee often why th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Be thou watchful and diligent in God’s service, and bethink thee often why thou hast renounced the world. Was it not that thou mightest live to God and become a spiritual man? Be zealous, therefore, f"}, {"id": "card_n_232fca0e5c49", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_11: “My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou hast not well learn...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou hast not well learned yet.” 2. What are they, Lord? 3. “To place thy desire altogether in subjection to My good pleasure, and not to be a love"}, {"id": "card_c_04f368e8e121", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_59: O L → Imitation of Christ §imit_03_58: “My", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in imitation_of_christ."}, {"id": "card_c_05fc38e78379", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_49: “My → Imitation of Christ §imit_03_50: O L", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in imitation_of_christ."}, {"id": "card_c_07f7e247e4d6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_07: “My → Imitation of Christ §imit_03_08: I w", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in imitation_of_christ."}]}