Quotemeal for Wednesday, May 8, 2024

"We can love the world, or love God. If we love the world, there will be no room in our heart for the love of God. We cannot love both God, who is eternal, and the world, which is transitory."

— St. Augustine of Hippo

More Quotemeal

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— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction."

— A. W. Tozer —

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —

"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns..."

— C. S. Lewis —