Quotemeal: Jul. 19th, 1960

Tuesday, July 19, 1960

"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
— Thomas Traherne

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"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."
— Frederick Buechner —
"Commitment without reflection is fanaticism in action, though reflection without commitment is the paralysis of all action."
— John Mackay —
"The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship."
— Martin Luther —
"It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God."
— Thomas Merton —

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Illustration of Thomas Traherne — "Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."

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