Quotemeal: Oct. 27th, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

"Man does not rule over evil except when he refuses to do it. When he has truly done evil, he is its servant."
— Hildegard of Bingen

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"When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor."
— Walter Hilton —
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— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing —
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— Richard S. Emrich —
"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
— William Temple —

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Illustration of Hildegard of Bingen — "Man does not rule over evil except when he refuses to do it. When he has truly done evil, he is its servant."

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