Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2017

Friday, December 29, 2017

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

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"Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose... only [upon] the Beloved who will never pass away."
— C. S. Lewis —
"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."
— Thomas Traherne —
"Those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises are in the greatest danger. ... familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off awe....."
— Jim McGuiggan —
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that a flower leaves upon the heel that crushes it."
— Author Unknown —

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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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