Quotemeal for Saturday, March 15, 2008

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

— Leo Tolstoy

More Quotemeal

"What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs....."

— Martin Luther —

"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —

"There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man..."

— Blaise Pascal —