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

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"Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day."
— Henri Nouwen —
"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
— Winston Churchill —
"If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?"
— Thomas à Kempis —
"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
— William Temple —

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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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