Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 1955

Tuesday, August 9, 1955

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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"Our faith and our friendships are not shattered by one big act, but by many small neglects."
— J. Gustav White —
"Every one that hangs about the court does not speak to the king."
— Thomas Watson —
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
— Plutarch —
"Men can heal lust. Angels can heal malice. God alone can cure pride."
— John Climacus —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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