Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 1999

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede."
— Oswald Chambers —
"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."
— Larry Crabb —
"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great."
— G. K. Chesterton —
"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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