Quotemeal for Saturday, May 22, 1954

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."

— Evelyn Underhill

More Quotemeal

"Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility."

— John Climacus —

"Make two homes for yourself my daughter. One actual home and another spiritual home, which you carry with you always."

— Catherine of Siena —

"Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly expect to find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family."

— Thomas Jefferson —

"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own..."

— J. I. Packer —