Quotemeal: Aug. 1st, 2006

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
— Samuel Johnson

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"Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees."
— Charles Brent —
"If we really think that home is elsewhere, and that this life is a 'wandering to find home,' why should I not look forward to the arrival?"
— C. S. Lewis —
"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work...."
— Teresa of Avila —
"Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve."
— Douglas Groothuis —

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Illustration of Samuel Johnson — "Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

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