Quotemeal for Sunday, November 17, 2002

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

— Holmes

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"The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience."

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"Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is..."

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