Quotemeal for Friday, February 18, 2005

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions."

— Thomas Jefferson

More Quotemeal

"Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us."

— P.T. Forsyth —

"Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"Obedience, pure and simple, opens up a pathway for the work of God."

— David Stevens —

"The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for possibly, they say, the name of God may be on it. Though....."

— S. T. Coleridge —