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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— Walter Hilton —
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— St. Augustine of Hippo —
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— C. S. Lewis —
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— Henry Ward Beecher —

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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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