Quotemeal for Wednesday, January 1, 2014

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

— Thomas Mann

More Quotemeal

"We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another."

— William Law —

"If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If...."

— Max Lucado —

"Christianity can never come to us as a bargain; it can never be had at wholesale price. We must be willing to pay the full price of surrender and trust."

— William L. Krutza —

"We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided."

— Phillips Brooks —