Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

More Quotemeal

"Let's not drag God's standard of truth down to our level of performance."
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
Epictetus
"He that begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better..."
"The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle."

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent.  Love is abdication.  God is abdication."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.