Quotemeal for Saturday, May 17, 1947

"Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too."

— J. C. Ryle

More Quotemeal

"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."

— William R. Inge —

"God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace. It is so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."

— Martin Luther —

"The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than....."

— Frank Laubach —