Quotemeal for 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

More Quotemeal

"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."

— Author Unknown —

"They that know God will be humble; they that know themselves cannot be proud."

— John Flavel —

"Justice is truth in action."

— Joseph Joubert —

"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own..."

— J. I. Packer —