Quotemeal: Mar. 30th, 2004

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart

More Quotemeal

"The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth."
"Peace reigns where our Lord reigns."
"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."
"True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God."

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Illustration of Johannes Eckhart — "If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."

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