Quotemeal for Saturday, February 18, 2017

"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

"Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."

— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results."

— Mary Slessor —

"Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves...."

— Richard S. Emrich —