Quotemeal: Apr. 9th, 2003

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

"However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."
— John of the Cross

More Quotemeal

"We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world."
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
— Leo Tolstoy —
"If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?"
"Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be ready to receive greater."

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Illustration of John of the Cross — "However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.