Quotemeal for Sunday, July 25, 1954

"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."

— Thomas à Kempis

More Quotemeal

"Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."

— Swedish Proverb —

"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""

— Francis of Sales —

"All the graces of a Christian spring from the death of self."

— Madame Guyon —

"The whole concept of God taking human shape had never made much sense to me. That was because, I realised one wonderful day, it was so simple. For people with....."

— Jane Vonnegut Yarmolinsky —