Quotemeal: Aug. 7th, 1956

Tuesday, August 7, 1956

"If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns."
— Author Unknown

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"In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ who gives us light."
— Mrs. C. T. Whitemell —
"Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all."
— Leo Tolstoy —
"Whate'er we leave to God, God does and blesses us."
— Henry David Thoreau —
"We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is awaiting us."
— Joseph Campbell —

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Illustration of Author Unknown — "If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns."

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