Quotemeal: Dec. 10th, 1960

Saturday, December 10, 1960

"Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."
— Barbara Johnson

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"Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God."
— Bonaventure —
"Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it."
— Karl Barth —
"Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face."
— Francis of Assisi —
"It is the highest and holiest of the paradoxes that the man who really knows he cannot pay his debt will be forever paying it."
— G. K. Chesterton —

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Illustration of Barbara Johnson — "Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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