Quotemeal: Aug. 21st, 1957

Wednesday, August 21, 1957

"Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds."
— William Shakespeare

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"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart —
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
— John of the Cross —
"Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved."
— Henri Nouwen —
"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

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Illustration of William Shakespeare — "Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds."

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