Quotemeal for Friday, March 10, 1950

"The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond."

— Phillips Brooks

More Quotemeal

"How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?"

— John Henry Newman —

"The streets of hell are paved with good intentions."

— Mark Twain —

"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."

— John Climacus —

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your....."

— Phillips Brooks —