Quotemeal for Saturday, December 29, 1945

"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it."

— Gaston Bachelard

More Quotemeal

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

— Romano Guardini —

"Let us learn more about the power of temptation in order to avoid it."

— John Owen —

"It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found..."

— George Eliot —

"For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered."

— Nancy Parker Brummett —