Quotemeal for Thursday, July 15, 2004

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

— Walter Hilton

More Quotemeal

"Humility is the Christian's greatest honor; the higher men climb, the farther they are from heaven."

— Burder —

"Forgiveness of sins is the very heart of Christianity, and yet it is a very dangerous thing to preach."

— Martin Luther —

"A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own..."

— Dorotheus of Gaza —

"Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but...."

— Charles H. Brent —