Quotemeal: Mar. 17th, 1946

Sunday, March 17, 1946

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."
— Mother Teresa

More Quotemeal

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"The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion."
John Wesley
"Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind."
"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."
John Stott

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Illustration of Mother Teresa — "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

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