Quotemeal for Thursday, May 19, 1960

"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."

— John of the Cross

More Quotemeal

"God is in the hypocrite's mouth, but the world is in his heart."

— Gurnall —

"For Christ is the God over all, who has arranged to wash away sin from mankind, rendering the old man new."

— Hippolytus —

"The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had..."

— Robert L. Short —

"If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see..."

— John Newton —