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

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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.