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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"The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him."
— H. E. Fosdick —
"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."
— Xenophon —
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
— John of the Cross —
"The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him."
— Blaise Pascal —

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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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