The Cottage Quotes

“Again Yates smiled at the memory. “I was in the market in Devonshire where I had been staying. It was late in the day and the aisles were crowded. I was distracted, standing looking at the cans of soup on the shelf. A man bumped me from behind, pretty hard. I nearly lost my balance. As I recovered myself, I was shocked when he spoke rudely to me. ‘Why don’t you watch what you’re doing!’ he snapped. Then just as quickly the words I had read that morning rose in my mind, Return evil with good. Though my natural reaction might have been to scowl at the man to make sure he received a full dose of my annoyance, I turned and smiled and said, ‘I’m so sorry.”
― Michael R. Phillips, The Cottage

“Thou knowest what is expedient for my spiritual growth,’” he said in a quiet voice. “‘Let Thy will be mine, and let my will ever follow Thine. Breathe knowledge of your will into my spirit, and give me courage, humility, and good cheer to do it. Make me your pure, dutiful, and humble disciple and your obedient son.”
― Michael R. Phillips, The Cottage