Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 2010

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

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"I find that doing the will of God leaves me with no time for disputing about His plans."
— George MacDonald —
"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially formed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain."
— C. S. Lewis —
"The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death."
— Martin Luther —
"Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures."
— Joe Campbell —

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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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