Quotemeal: Apr. 14th, 1950

Friday, April 14, 1950

"If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables, — of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair."
— Madame Jeanne Guyon

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Illustration of Madame Jeanne Guyon — "If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey.  You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables, —  of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair."

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