Quotemeal: Mar. 29th, 1960

Tuesday, March 29, 1960

"The kingdom of heaven is not for the well meaning but for the desperate."
— James Denney

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Illustration of James Denney — "The kingdom of heaven is not for the well meaning but for the desperate."

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