Quotemeal for Thursday, January 19, 2006

"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an "accident," but a divine choice."

— Henri Nouwen

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"God has given us rules not because He is arbitrary, but because the rules... are fixed in His own character.... Thus, when we sin we break the law of God... in...."

— Francis Schaeffer —

"The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God."

— Thomas Merton —

"To the good man to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills."

— St. Ambrose —

"Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us..."

— François Fénelon —