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

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"The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is."
— Patrick Morley —
"It is not the fact that a person has riches that keeps them from heaven, but the fact that riches have them."
— Dr. Caird —
"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
— Samuel Johnson —

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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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