Quotemeal for Monday, May 30, 1955

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

— Teresa of Avila

More Quotemeal

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

— Abraham Lincoln —

"Live simply that others might simply live."

— Elizabeth Seaton —

"A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him."

— Lyof N. Tolstoy —

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand."

— Madeleine L'Engle —