Quotemeal: May. 4th, 1956

Friday, May 4, 1956

"Hold everything earthly with a loose hand."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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— Victor Hugo —
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— George Eliot —
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Hold everything earthly with a loose hand."

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