Quotemeal for Thursday, October 31, 2024

"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold."

— Thomas Brooks

More Quotemeal

"Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."

— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"We take care of our possessions for our children. But of the children themselves we take no care at all. What an absurdity is this! Form the soul of thy son..."

— John Chrysostom —

"Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing - a grateful heart!"

— George Herbert —

"Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up..."

— Elisabeth Elliot —