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“You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by building something, a future, a family? Can you go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent problem that the Church is facing.”

Looks Problem Past Desire Church Memories Building Goes On Weight Urgent Crushed Past Memories Building Something

Author:Pope Francis

“If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.”

Ifs Want Helping Christian Past Memories Clear Safe Areas Tradition Past Memories

Author:Pope Francis

“By the grey woods, by the swamp, where the toad and newt encamp, by the dismal tarns and pools, where dwell the Gouls. By each spot the most unholy, by each nook most melancholy, there the traveller meets, aghast, sheeted memories of the Past. Shrouded forms that start and sigh, as they pass the wanderer by. White-robed forms of friends long given; In agony, to the Earth - and Heaven.”

Source: The best known works of Edgar Allan Poe: poems, tales, essays, criticisms

“I know well there is no comfort for this pain of parting. The wound always remains, but one learns to bear the pain, and learns to thank God for what he gave. For the beautiful memories of the past, and the yet more beautiful hope for the future.”

Knows Wells Pain Past Beautiful Death Memories Bears Comfort Remains Wounds Thank God Parting Hope For The Future Past Memories Beautiful Memories

Author:Max Muller

“I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.”

Source: A Covenant of Justice: Trackers, Book Two

“in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to preserve it in eternal youth.”

Seems Past Memories Steps Grace Youth Eternal Add Preserves Every Step Past Memories Eternal Youth

Author:Madame de Stael

“It is extraordinary how music sends one back into memories of the past.”

Past Memories Extraordinary Past Memories

Author:George Sand