Quotemeal for 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

More Quotemeal

"Even though times of transition are tough, the riches of refinement are worth the pain of loneliness and frustration."

— Susannah Ince —

"We take care of our possessions for our children. But of the children themselves we take no care at all. What an absurdity is this! Form the soul of thy son..."

— John Chrysostom —

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows...."

— Mother Teresa —