Quotemeal for Thursday, October 14, 2004

"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

More Quotemeal

"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 —

"Without respect, love cannot go far or rise high: it is an angel with but one wing."

— Alexander Dumas —

"Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,|And back of the flour is the mill;|And back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower|And the sun, and the Father's will."

— Maltbie D. Babcock —

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows...."

— Mother Teresa —