Quotemeal: Jan. 19th, 1956

Thursday, January 19, 1956

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's successes."
— Oscar Wilde

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"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley —
"Those who will not be governed by God, will be ruled by tyrants."
— William Penn —
"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning —
"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
— William Temple —

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Illustration of Oscar Wilde — "Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's successes."

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