Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 1955

Sunday, January 16, 1955

"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."
— Henri Nouwen

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"Blessed is any weight, however overwhelming, which God has been so good as to fasten with His own hand upon our shoulders."
— F. W.Faber —
"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."
— John of the Cross —
"Why is purity such a struggle? Why is it so difficult to order our lives in a way that allows Christ to shine through us? ... We destroy purity by equating it....."
— David Edwards —
"Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven."
— G. C. Lichtenberg —

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Illustration of Henri Nouwen — "I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."

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