Quotemeal: Jul. 1st, 1959

Wednesday, July 1, 1959

"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— William Shedd —
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— Lancelot Andrewes —
"Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there."
— Catherine of Siena —
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil —

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Illustration of Frederick Ward Kates — "The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."

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