Quotemeal: Aug. 15th, 1999

Sunday, August 15, 1999

"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal

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"Real authority is the power to serve."
— Dick McMullen —
"Jesus the very thought of Thee|With sweetness fills my breast;|But sweeter far Thy face to see|And in Thy presence rest."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"The Christian's hope for the future must have a sanctifying influence upon the present."
— D. Edmond Hiebert —
"The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't."
— Phillips Brooks —

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Illustration of Blaise Pascal — "We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."

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