Quotemeal for Friday, January 1, 2010

"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

"The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be."

— Lillian Hellman —

"Man does not rule over evil except when he refuses to do it. When he has truly done evil, he is its servant."

— Hildegard of Bingen —

"Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique."

— Martin Buber —

"One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work..."

— Tim Hansel —