Quotemeal: Jul. 15th, 2020

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

"It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."
— Walter Hilton

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— Epictetus —
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"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —

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Illustration of Walter Hilton — "It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."

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