Quotemeal: Oct. 1st, 1959

Thursday, October 1, 1959

"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
— John Climacus

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"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome."
— Samuel Johnson —
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
— François de Sales —
"Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be ready to receive greater."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
— Henry Ward Beecher —

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Illustration of John Climacus — "Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."

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