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“Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness & perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from it’s direction, careful as a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance of order &
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“Opening the household table on a regular basis creates an undercurrent of the Christian life that mimics the adoption ethic.”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“how normal it has become to feel as though you absolutely must do more than you can do.”
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“There is a difference between a belief and a conviction. A belief can become something you merely hold; a conviction is that which holds you.”
― Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure
― Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure
“the ever-outraged and always-offended tone of mainstream news sources is making us numb to the world’s pain. When everything is a crisis, nothing is.”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“On his thirty-first birthday, Lewis wrote, in a famous passage, “This day I completed my thirty first year. . . . I reflected that I had as yet done but little, very little indeed, to further the hapiness of the human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation. I viewed with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence, and now soarly feel the want of that information which those hours would have given me had they been judiciously expended.” He resolved: “In future, to live for mankind, as I have heretofore lived for myself.”5”
― Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
― Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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Travis’s 2025 Year in Books
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