Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 1959

Thursday, August 20, 1959

"Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."
— St. Gregory the Great

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"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."
— Emerson —
"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
— Thomas Traherne —
"It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge of his salvation."
— Theodore Epp —
"Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility."
— Larry Burkett —

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Illustration of St. Gregory the Great — "Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."

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