Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2025

Monday, December 29, 2025

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

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
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— John Chrysostom —
"If people only knew how they might cheer some lonely heart or lift up some drooping spirit, or speak some word that shall be lasting in its effects for all..."
— Dwight L. Moody —
"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."
— Ursula K. LeGuin —

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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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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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