Quotemeal for Friday, March 3, 1961

"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."

— Reinhold Niebuhr

More Quotemeal

"A life making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —

"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven."

— Charles Williams —

"To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His..."

— Thomas Merton —