Quotemeal for Saturday, May 28, 2005

"God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends."

— Jeremy Taylor

More Quotemeal

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

"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."

— Epictetus —

"Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity..."

— John Tillotson —

"I believe there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, and more perfect than the Savior; there is in the world only one figure of absolute beauty:..."

— Fyodor Dostoevsky —