Quotemeal: Dec. 21st, 1961

Thursday, December 21, 1961

"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child Himself."
— Charles Dickens

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
— John Dryden —
"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work...."
— Teresa of Avila —
"The refiner is never very far from the mouth of the furnace when His gold is in the fire."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Charles Dickens — "It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child Himself."

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'More Than Anything!' (Ps. 73:25-26)
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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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