Quotemeal: Jun. 27th, 1957

Thursday, June 27, 1957

"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen

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"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."
— Epictetus —
"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
— Winston Churchill —
"A Christian man is most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to everyone."
— Martin Luther —
"Cure yourself of the condition of bothering about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has of you."
— Miguel de Unamuno —

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Illustration of John Owen — "If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."

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