Hello everyone,
Hope this note finds you well. I'm not the blogger today ... just sending along a quotation about faith ... written by Francesco Guiciardini, an Italian historian and politician who lived 1483 – 1540.
…Faith breeds obstinacy—for faith is no more than believing firmly and
almost with certainty things that are not in themselves reasonable; or
if reasonable, believing them more unreservedly than reason warrants.
Therefore, he who has faith becomes stubborn in his belief, and goes on
his way resolute and intrepid,
contemning/disdaining/disregarding/deprecating difficulties and dangers,
and ready to suffer every extremity.
And so it happens that, as the things of this world are subject to
infinite changes and chances, unlooked for help may come in many ways
over time to one who has obstinately persevered. And when this
perseverance is the result of faith, it may well be said that faith can
accomplish great things.
We currently have a great example of such stubbornness of the
Florentines—a group who, contrary to all human reason, prepared
themselves to await the joint attack of Pope and Emperor, with no hope
of receiving help for anyone else, with disunity among themselves, and
with difficulties facing them on every side. For seven months, they have
managed to fight off the assaults of armies, even though it seemed
impossible for them to do so even for seven days.
In fact, they have brought things to such a point that if they were to
win now, no one would be surprised, whereas earlier, everyone assumed
they would lose.
And this stubbornness of theirs is mainly due to the belief that—as
Friar Girolamo of Ferrara told them in his sermons—they cannot be
destroyed.
I note this here because I'm feeling obstinate after a meeting at City Hall today ... and need to get myself ready for the next round.
Kind Regards,
Why's Woman
Francesco Guicciardini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Guicciardini
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