Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2005

Thursday, December 29, 2005

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

More Quotemeal

"Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little."
"For Christ is the God over all, who has arranged to wash away sin from mankind, rendering the old man new."
Hippolytus
"To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge, to find the will of God is the greatest discovery, and to do the will of God is the greatest achievement."
"If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped."

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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.