Quotemeal: Jul. 1st, 1955

Friday, July 1, 1955

"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

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"The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired."
— John of the Cross —
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
— John Henry Newman —
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
— Ursula LeGuin —
"Any concern too small to be a prayer is too small to be a burden."
— Corrie ten Boom —

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Illustration of Frederick Ward Kates — "The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."

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Morning & Evening
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