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Mortification was becoming my default emotion. — Cora Carmack

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain. — Gautama Buddha

Sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet. — John Owen

Marriage is a tyranny, a mortification of man's natural instincts. Man needs a multiplicity of relationships. — Federico Fellini

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh. — John Owen

What was one more debit of mortification when my balance sheet was already in the red — Penny Reid

Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin. — John Owen

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. — Teresa Of Avila

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh. — Richard Baxter

A sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification — John Owen

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne

Mortification, party of one, your table is now ready. — Tara Sivec

A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation. — John Owen

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. — Jane Austen

All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. — John Owen

Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress. — Mahatma Gandhi

Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity. — Philip Neri

Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen

Internal and external purification, contentment, mortification, study, and worship of God are the Niyamas. — Swami Vivekananda

Hugo could cheerfully have died of mortification - if such a mass of contradictions had been possible. — Mary Balogh

[A person's] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value. — David Hume

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification. — Saint Francis De Sales

The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement. — Alphonsus Liguori

The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition! — John Owen

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit. — John Owen

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. — Roger L'Estrange

Without mortification nothing can be done. — Philip Neri

Well-meant techniques such as arbitrary self-mortification, are useless. — Idries Shah

Mortification. I'm draped in it. Painted in it. Buried in it. — Tahereh Mafi

When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone. — John Owen

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure. — Jonathan Edwards

The life, vigour, and comfort of our spiritual life depend much on our mortification of sin. — John Owen

How many spanks have you had, Julia?" Damien asked.
"Two, Sir."
"What colour are you on?"
"Mortification," she mumbled. — Sierra Cartwright

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification. — Alice Thomas Ellis

Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body. — Sir Fulke Greville

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses. — Alphonsus Liguori