Quotemeal for Friday, August 8, 1947

"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."

— François de Sales

More Quotemeal

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

— John Bunyan —

"It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."

— Walter Hilton —

"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."

— John Owen —

"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also,...."

— Frederick Buechner —