Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

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"If the blind put their hand in God's they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose."
— Helen Keller —
"If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer "Action!""
— Thomas Brooks —
"Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, so Scripture may guide those adrift...."
— St. Gregory of Nyssa —
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them."
— Charles West —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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