Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 1954

Saturday, November 27, 1954

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

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"When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor."
— Walter Hilton —
"Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with."
— Thomas Fuller —
"Obedience, pure and simple, opens up a pathway for the work of God."
— David Stevens —
"God is more disposed to move on an admitted emptiness than a presumed fullness."
— Tommy Tenny —

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."

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