Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 2019

Thursday, August 8, 2019

"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."
— François de Sales

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"Salvation is free, ... but discipleship will cost you your life."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division."
— John Ruskin —
"It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him."
— P.T. Forsyth —
"The art of love... is largely the art of persistence."
— Albert Ellis —

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Illustration of François de Sales — "Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."

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