Quotemeal: Jul. 15th, 1955

Friday, July 15, 1955

"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
— François de Sales

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"Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion."
— John Wesley —
"Those who pursue the way of faith and absolute abandonment have neither relish nor liberty for any other path; all else constrains and embarrasses them."
— Madame Guyon —
"It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ."
— Martin Luther —
"The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God."
— Miguel Cordero-Munoz —

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Illustration of François de Sales — "We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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