Quotemeal: Mar. 28th, 1946

Thursday, March 28, 1946

"We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling."
— John Churtom Collins

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"We evalutate others with a godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a godlike compassion."
— Sydney J. Harris —
"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 —
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them."
— Charles West —
"Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of John Churtom Collins — "We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling."

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