Quotemeal: Jan. 3rd, 2004

Saturday, January 3, 2004

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
— Goethe

More Quotemeal

"Our Father dwells in tents as well as in temples, but His favorite abiding-place is in the hearts of mankind."
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William Law
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
John Owen

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Illustration of Goethe — "Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.