Quotemeal for Friday, February 18, 1949

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions."

— Thomas Jefferson

More Quotemeal

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose."

— Jim Elliot —

"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."

— Jim Elliot —

"Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, so Scripture may guide those adrift...."

— St. Gregory of Nyssa —