Quotemeal: Jul. 3rd, 2020

Friday, July 3, 2020

"Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed."
— George Macdonald

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"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."
— Epictetus —
"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."
— Charles Dickens —
"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."
— Larry Crabb —
"Men can heal lust. Angels can heal malice. God alone can cure pride."
— John Climacus —

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Illustration of George Macdonald — "Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed."

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