Quotemeal: May. 3rd, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

"Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity."
— R. C. Sproul

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"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
"In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled."
Daniel Defoe
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
Plutarch
"The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."

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Illustration of R. C. Sproul — "Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity."

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