Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 1938

Sunday, November 27, 1938

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

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"It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow."
— Calvin Coolidge —
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— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
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"It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end."
— François de Sales —

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."

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