Quotemeal: Feb. 12th, 2026

Thursday, February 12, 2026

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
— C. S. Lewis

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"Only a life lived for others is worth living."
— Albert Einstein —
"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."
— Theodore Isaac Rubin —
"God meets me everywhere, or I never meet Him. If I think I meet Him only in Bible and Sacrament, and in the Christian fellowship, then I do not know who it is I..."
— M. A. C. Warren —
"Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life."
— Jonathon Edwards —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."

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