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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"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"
— C. S. Lewis —
"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."
— Henri Nouwen —
"Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance."
— Alfred North Whitehead —
"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —

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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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