Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

"God is in the hypocrite's mouth, but the world is in his heart."
— Gurnall

More Quotemeal

"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it."
"Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord."
J. I. Packer
"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. And only he who sees takes off his shoes, the rest sit round and pluck blackberries."
"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
Plato

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Illustration of Gurnall — "God is in the hypocrite's mouth, but the world is in his heart."

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