Quotemeal: Oct. 1st, 1959

Thursday, October 1, 1959

"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
— John Climacus

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"It is the acknowledgment of our humanity and our frailness that places us in a position to have a personal encounter with the living God."
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Illustration of John Climacus — "Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."

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