Walking To God

Non omnes uniformiter gradiuntur ad Deum. Quidam lento passu, sicut ii qui terrenorum curis impliciti vix aliquando respirant ut Dei recordentur; quidam modesto incessu, sicut ii qui Domini servitio mancipati Deo quidem serviunt, et tamen erga seipsos indulgeniores existunt; alii veloci, id est, rapido cursu, sicut ii qu super carnem suam intuentes, et sic transitoria contemnentes, celeriter proficiscuntur ad Deum: hoc solummodo cupientes in pace quiescere in idipsum. Hugo De Sancte Victore, Miscellanea, Liber VI, Tit CX, De Inaequalitae gradientium ad Deum Source: Migne PL 177.859d-860a

Not all walk to God at the same pace. Some do so with slow steps, as those who are bound up in worldly cares and scarcely have any time to breathe so that they may be mindful of God. Some walk at a moderate step, as those who are free to serve the Lord and do so and yet they also give way to indulging themselves. And others are swift, that is, their steps are rapid, as those who watching over the flesh and so scorning all transitory things, quickly advance to God, and this alone is to desire to rest in peace immediately. 1 Hugh Of Saint Victor, Miscellanea, Book 6, Chapter 110, On the Different ways of walking to God 1 Ps 4.9