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

More Quotemeal

"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."
— Frederick Buechner —
"Jesus the very thought of Thee|With sweetness fills my breast;|But sweeter far Thy face to see|And in Thy presence rest."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.""
— St. Ambrose —
"The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him."
— William McGill —

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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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