Quotemeal: Mar. 16th, 1956

Friday, March 16, 1956

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."
— Samuel Johnson

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— Edgar Watson Howe —
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— John of the Cross —
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil —

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Illustration of Samuel Johnson — "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

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