Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 1949

Thursday, December 29, 1949

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

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"Our work here is brief but its reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes away like a shadow."
— Clare of Assisi —
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
— John Piper —
"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter —
"The modern church rejects the outcasts of society where as these very outcasts were the very ones who were drawn to Jesus."
— Philip Yancey —

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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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