Quotemeal: Sep. 5th, 1962

Wednesday, September 5, 1962

"God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon."
— Marshall Lucas

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"We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world."
— Mother Teresa —
"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."
— St. Jerome —
"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that."
— Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire —

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Illustration of Marshall Lucas — "God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon."

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