Quotemeal: Mar. 30th, 2004

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart

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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 —
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
— Leo Tolstoy —
"Faith, mighty faith the promise sees|And rests on that alone:|Laughs at impossibilities,|And says it shall be done."
— Charles Wesley —
"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife."
— Will Durant —

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Illustration of Johannes Eckhart — "If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."

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