Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 1950

Sunday, January 1, 1950

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann

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"The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."
— Frederick Buechner —
"When you come to the bottom, you find God."
— Neville Talbot —
"The world does not need more Christian writers — it needs more good writers and composers who are Christians."
— C. S. Lewis —
"It is the acknowledgment of our humanity and our frailness that places us in a position to have a personal encounter with the living God."
— Os Hillman —

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Illustration of Thomas Mann — "Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

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

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