Quotemeal: Apr. 27th, 1954

Tuesday, April 27, 1954

"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"Nothing can be said so clearly as to preclude the possibility of it being misunderstood."
— Philipp Melanchthon —
"Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all."
— Leo Tolstoy —
"Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have."
— Martin Luther —
"The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men."
— Martin Luther —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."

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