Quotemeal: Oct. 23rd, 1956

Tuesday, October 23, 1956

"The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."
— Hazlitt

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"Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results."
— Mary Slessor —
"It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him."
— P.T. Forsyth —
"If you find God with ease, perhaps it is not God you have found."
— Thomas Merton —
"It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to."
— C. S. Lewis —

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Illustration of Hazlitt — "The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."

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