Quotemeal for Thursday, January 17, 2008

"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

More Quotemeal

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— G. K. Chesterton —

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— Thomas Merton —

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— Dorotheus of Gaza —

"Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but...."

— Charles H. Brent —