Quotemeal for Friday, July 26, 2024

"The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him."

— Thomas Hardy

More Quotemeal

"Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer separated..."

— Emil Brunner —

"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""

— Francis of Sales —

"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 Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything..."

— Phillips Brooks —