Quotemeal: Oct. 5th, 1961

Thursday, October 5, 1961

"Oh Lord, become the master of our passions, and the creator of our desires."
— R. Marklund

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"We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
— Blaise Pascal —
"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 —
"The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails."
— François Fénelon —

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Illustration of R. Marklund — "Oh Lord, become the master of our passions, and the creator of our desires."

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