Quotemeal for Tuesday, May 22, 2018

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."

— Evelyn Underhill

More Quotemeal

"Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil — it seizes up."

— Romano Guardini —

"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."

— Thomas Traherne —

"It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching."

— Theodore Roosevelt —

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your....."

— Phillips Brooks —