Quotemeal: Nov. 9th, 1955

Wednesday, November 9, 1955

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"We evalutate others with a godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a godlike compassion."
— Sydney J. Harris —
"It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found..."
— George Eliot —
"Many times disillusionment comes simply because our circumstances don't fit our concept of who God is and how He works."
— Mark Wiley —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

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