Quotemeal: Jul. 25th, 1962

Wednesday, July 25, 1962

"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."
— Thomas à Kempis

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"Lord, give us faith that right makes might."
— Abraham Lincoln —
"The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return."
— Sundar Singh —
"Money is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."
— P. T. Barnum —
"When God is about to do something great, he starts with a difficulty. When he is about to do something truly magnificent, he starts with an impossibility."
— Armin Gesswein —

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."

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