Quotemeal: Jan. 27th, 1956

Friday, January 27, 1956

"Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs."
— Jean Paul Richter

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"God still draws near to us in the ordinary, commonplace, everyday experiences and places... He comes in surprising ways."
— Henry Gariepy —
"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 —
"God is a busy worker, but he loves help."
— Basque Proverb —

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Illustration of Jean Paul Richter — "Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs."

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