Quotemeal: Feb. 12th, 2014

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
— C. S. Lewis

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"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton —
"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will."
— William Cowper —
"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 —
"I tell you, if you are serious about wanting to be like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him."
— Francis Frangipane —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."

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