Quotemeal for Friday, May 20, 2011

"It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened."

— John Owen

More Quotemeal

"A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective."

"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"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 —

"The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you."

— Robert Louis Stevenson —