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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"God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever...."
— Otto Dibelius —
"If God is thy father, man is thy brother."
— Alphonse de Lamartine —
"He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever."
— Tillotson —
"A comprehended god is no god."
— St. John Chrysostom —

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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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