Quotemeal: Dec. 8th, 1962

Saturday, December 8, 1962

"The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."
— G. K. Chesterton

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"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
— Martin Luther —
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— George Müller —
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— Gordon McDonald —
"Believers have not been distinctly guided to see that nothing is more natural and beautiful and blessed than to be nothing, so that God may be all..."
— Andrew Murray —

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Illustration of G. K. Chesterton — "The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."

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