Quotemeal for Saturday, May 16, 2009

"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."

— John Milton

More Quotemeal

"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."

— Epictetus —

"The tearful praying Christian, whose distress prevent his words, will be clearly understood by the Most High."

— Charles H. Spurgeon —

"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."

— John Owen —

"If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see..."

— John Newton —