Quotemeal: Nov. 5th, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way."
— William Barclay

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"Blessed is any weight, however overwhelming, which God has been so good as to fasten with His own hand upon our shoulders."
— F. W.Faber —
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
— William James —
"It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ."
— Martin Luther —
"Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always."
— J. I. Packer —

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Illustration of William Barclay — "The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way."

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