Quotemeal: Apr. 24th, 1959

Friday, April 24, 1959

"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

More Quotemeal

"Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose... only [upon] the Beloved who will never pass away."
C. S. Lewis
"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."
"If indeed there had been anything better and more profitable to the health of men than to suffer, Christ would surely have shown it by word and example."
"There are no accidents in the life of the Christian."

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

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