Quotemeal: Nov. 17th, 1954

Wednesday, November 17, 1954

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
— Holmes

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"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."
— Epictetus —
"In Thy will is our peace."
— Dante —
"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates —
"Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything."
— Gregory of Nyssa —

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Illustration of Holmes — "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

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