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> [Our personal afflictions involve the living God; the only way in which Satan can persecute or afflict God is through attacking the people of God. The only way we can have personal victory in the midst of these flying arrows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/our-personal-afflictions-involve-the-living-god-the-only-way-in-which/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

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## More by Edith Schaeffer

> [It is not necessary to have an extravagant food budget in order to serve things with variety and tastefully cooked. It is not necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-necessary-to-have-an-extravagant-food-budget-in-order-to/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [Children are meant to understand compassion and comfort because they have received compassion and comfort - and this should be in the family setting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/children-are-meant-to-understand-compassion-and-comfort-because-they/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/people-throw-away-what-they-could-have-by-insisting-on-perfection/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-something-about-saying-we-always-do-this-which-helps-keep/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-true-that-all-men-are-created-in-the-image-of-god-but/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-a-waste-to-write-beautiful-prose-or-poetry-for-one-person-s/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-don-t-love-books-they-need-to/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“I cannot understand the almost exclusive emphasis on racial integration, when in fact we are getting more and more segregated into tight little cliques…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-cannot-understand-the-almost-exclusive-emphasis-on-racial/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/the-most-precious-thing-a-human-being-has-to-give-is-time-there-is-so/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/when-people-insist-on-perfection-or-nothing-they-get-nothing/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in the midst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-no-occasion-when-meals-should-become-totally-unimportant/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There are various art forms we may or may not have talent for, may or may not have time for, and we may or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-are-various-art-forms-we-may-or-may-not-have-talent-for-may-or/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/for-anyone-who-wants-to-write-and-hopes-some-day-to-publish-what-he/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“I often advise young brides who are traveling during their first weeks or months of marriage to start "homemaking" in a hotel, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-often-advise-young-brides-who-are-traveling-during-their-first/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“Writing for enjoyment of expression does not need an audience of more than one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/writing-for-enjoyment-of-expression-does-not-need-an-audience-of-more/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

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