Quotemeal for Monday, December 29, 2025

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

— Gaston Bachelard

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

"The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."

— Jerome —

"What God did makes sense. It makes sense that Jesus would be our sacrifice because a sacrifice was needed to justify man's presence before God. ... However, WHY..."

— Max Lucado —

"Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but...."

— Charles H. Brent —