Quotemeal for Thursday, July 15, 2010

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

More Quotemeal

"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."

— Cloris Leachman —

"Christ, by highest heaven adored,|Christ, the everlasting Lord,|Late in time behold him come,|Offspring of a virgin's womb.|Veiled in flesh the Godhead..."

— Charles Wesley —

"A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless."

— Simone Weil —

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in..."

— Flannery O'Connor —