Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1961

Thursday, August 17, 1961

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"If the world were like me, what kind of a world would this world be?"
— Author Unknown —
"Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it."
— Karl Barth —
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
— François de Sales —
"It is a sure mark of grace to desire more."
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."

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