Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2025

Monday, December 29, 2025

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

More Quotemeal

"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
John Piper
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
Simone Weil
"Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil — it seizes up."

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

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.