Quotemeal: May. 22nd, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."
— Evelyn Underhill

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"It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the End of our journey, He is also at every stopping place."
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"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
Plutarch
"The art of love... is largely the art of persistence."
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Illustration of Evelyn Underhill — "The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.