Quotemeal for Wednesday, May 22, 2002

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."

— Evelyn Underhill

More Quotemeal

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!""

— John Greenleaf Whittier —

"The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired."

— John of the Cross —

"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."

— Billy Graham —

"Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up..."

— William Barclay —