Quotemeal: Mar. 20th, 1958

Thursday, March 20, 1958

"The seven social sins: politics without principle, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice."
— Frederick Lewis Donaldson

More Quotemeal

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
Cicero
"Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions."
Peter Damian
"To the good man to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills."
St. Ambrose
"For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered."

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Illustration of Frederick Lewis Donaldson — "The seven social sins: politics without principle, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.