Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 1959

Monday, October 12, 1959

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"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 —
"Culture of intellect, without religion in the heart, is only civilized barbarism and disguised animalism."
— Christian Karl von Bunsen —
"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work...."
— Teresa of Avila —
"Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him."
— Jack Graham —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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

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