Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 2002

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

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"Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being."
— G. K. Chesterton —
"Live simply that others might simply live."
— Elizabeth Seaton —
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
— François de Sales —
"How would telling people to be nice to one another get a man crucified? What government would execute Mister Rodgers or Captain Kangaroo?"
— Philip Yancey —

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."

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