Quotemeal for Friday, November 28, 2008

"God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied."

— Thomas à Kempis

More Quotemeal

"God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts."

— St. Augustine of Hippo —

"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially formed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain."

— C. S. Lewis —

"A man leaves all kinds of footprints when he walks through life. Some you can see ... others are invisible, like the prints he leaves across other people's..."

— Margaret Lee Runbeck —

"There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man..."

— Blaise Pascal —