Quotemeal: Aug. 15th, 1963

Thursday, August 15, 1963

"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal

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"From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel."
— Teresa of Avila —
"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"It is the acknowledgment of our humanity and our frailness that places us in a position to have a personal encounter with the living God."
— Os Hillman —
"The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance."
— C. S. Lewis —

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Illustration of Blaise Pascal — "We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."

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