Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 1947

Wednesday, August 20, 1947

"Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."
— St. Gregory the Great

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"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin —
"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division."
— John Ruskin —
"If a man cannot be a Christian where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere."
— Henry Ward Beecher —
"Fear less, hope more;|Whine less, breathe more;|Talk less, say more;|Hate less, love more;|And all good things are yours."
— Swedish Proverb —

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Illustration of St. Gregory the Great — "Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."

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