Quotemeal: Mar. 30th, 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart

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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
— William James —
"The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
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— C. S. Lewis —
"The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle."
— 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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