Quotemeal for Wednesday, July 9, 2008

"The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."

— Jerome

More Quotemeal

"The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."

— Frederick Buechner —

"Who sits in solitude and is quiet has escaped from three wars: hearing, speaking, seeing; yet against one thing shall he continually battle: that is, his own..."

— St. Antony —

"Unless the gospel is preached with contemporary relevance it has not been preached."

— Martin Luther —

"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 —