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The meek are a hell of a long way from inheriting the earth.
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Christopher Vokes

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You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek. She didn’t go on to say anything about inheriting the earth.

 

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This, this is Thou. No idle painter's dream
Of aureoled, imaginary Christ,
Laden with attributes that make not God;
But Jesus, son of Mary; lowly, wise,
Obedient, subject unto parents, mild,
Meek — as the meek that shall inherit earth,
Pure — as the pure in heart that shall see God.

 

Dinah Maria Mulock

 

This, this is Thou. No idle painter's dream
Of aureoled, imaginary Christ,
Laden with attributes that make not God;
But Jesus, son of Mary; lowly, wise,
Obedient, subject unto parents, mild,
Meek — as the meek that shall inherit earth,
Pure — as the pure in heart that shall see God.

 

Dinah Craik

 

We are on the road to producing a race of men too mentally modest to believe in the multiplication table. We are in danger of seeing philosophers who doubt the law of gravity as being a mere fancy of their own. Scoffers of old time were too proud to be convinced; but these are too humble to be convinced. The meek do inherit the earth; but the modern sceptics are too meek even to claim their inheritance.

 

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

 

Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.

 

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