Quotemeal for Sunday, October 23, 2005

"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."

— Frederick Buechner

More Quotemeal

"We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another."

"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."

— G. A. Studdert Kennedy —

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —

"I have read Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and beautiful; but I never read in either of them: 'Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden...."

— St. Augustine of Hippo —