Quotemeal: Apr. 16th, 2023

Sunday, April 16, 2023

"For I seek not to understand in order that I may believe; but I believe in order that I may understand, for I believe for this reason: that unless I believe, I cannot understand."
— Anselm of Canterbury

More Quotemeal

"The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be."
"The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return."
Sundar Singh
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
Plutarch
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
Simone Weil

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Illustration of Anselm of Canterbury — "For I seek not to understand in order that I may believe; but I believe in order that I may understand, for I believe for this reason: that unless I believe, I cannot understand."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.