Quotemeal: Aug. 10th, 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."
— Thomas à Kempis

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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
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"A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

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