Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown —
"The empty tomb of Christ has been the cradle of the Church."
— Pressense —
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
— John Henry Newman —
"There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."
— G. K. Chesterton —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."

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