Quotemeal: Jul. 9th, 1954

Friday, July 9, 1954

"The long dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the Devil."
— C. S. Lewis

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"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."
— William R. Inge —
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— Madame Guyon —
"Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if..."
— Alphonsus Liguori —
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "The long dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the Devil."

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