Quotemeal: Jun. 21st, 2008

Saturday, June 21, 2008

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
— Edward John Phelps

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"Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day."
— Henri Nouwen —
"Never let mistakes or wrong directions, of which every man falls into many, discourage you. There is precious instruction to be got by finding where we were..."
— Thomas Carlyle —
"The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak..."
— Origen —
"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual..."
— Thomas à Kempis —

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Illustration of Edward John Phelps — "The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

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