Quotemeal for Saturday, July 30, 2011

"We profess that we know God, but by works we deny Him; for beatitude doth not consist in the knowledge of divine things, but in a divine life, for the devils know them better than man."

— Sir Walter Raleigh

More Quotemeal

"Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy."

— William Blake —

"Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace."

— John Dryden —

"A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy,...."

— John Donne —

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are..."

— Jeremiah Burroughs —