Quotemeal: Aug. 10th, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012

"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

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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
— William James —
"A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works."
— John Calvin —
"The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."
— G. K. Chesterton —

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "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."

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