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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"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson —
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— C. S. Lewis —
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— Max Lucado —
"Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind."
— Helen Steiner Rice —

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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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