Quotemeal: Aug. 10th, 2019

Saturday, August 10, 2019

"Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"I'd rather get ten men to do the job than to do the job of ten men."
— Dwight L. Moody —
"The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."
— John the Short —
"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
— John Climacus —
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows...."
— Mother Teresa —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."

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