Quotemeal: Dec. 17th, 2026

Thursday, December 17, 2026

"Fear less, hope more;|Whine less, breathe more;|Talk less, say more;|Hate less, love more;|And all good things are yours."
— Swedish Proverb

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"To follow the Savior is to participate in salvation, to follow the light is to perceive the light."
— Irenaeus —
"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light."
— Mary Gardiner Brainard —
"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"
— Horace —

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Illustration of Swedish Proverb — "Fear less, hope more;|Whine less, breathe more;|Talk less, say more;|Hate less, love more;|And all good things are yours."

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