Quotemeal: May. 30th, 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."
— Teresa of Avila

More Quotemeal

"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."
C. S. Lewis
"Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ."
John Calvin
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."
St. Jerome
"Oh forgive us Lord, for so often we seek the things in your hand rather than the things of your heart."

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Illustration of Teresa of Avila — "God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

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