Quotemeal for Thursday, July 11, 1963

"The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our Lord's words and actions is possible if we persist in denying it."

— Sir Edwyn Hoskyns

More Quotemeal

"Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

— Edgar Watson Howe —

"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right..."

— Lesslie Newbigin —

"'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light..."

— John Selden —