Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2021

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

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

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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
— Cicero —
"A single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer."
— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing —
"Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity..."
— John Tillotson —
"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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