Quotemeal: Jul. 12th, 2008

Saturday, July 12, 2008

"It is our nature's law that makes a man set higher value on the things he has not got than upon those he has, so that he loathes his actual possessions in longing for the things that are not his."
— Bernard of Clairvaux

More Quotemeal

"The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies."
— Kate McGahan —
"We take care of our possessions for our children. But of the children themselves we take no care at all. What an absurdity is this! Form the soul of thy son..."
"I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself."
— John Newton —
"Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up."

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Illustration of Bernard of Clairvaux — "It is our nature's law that makes a man set higher value on the things he has not got than upon those he has, so that he loathes his actual possessions in longing for the things that are not his."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.