People are always changing themselves and their world, dear. Very few of the changes are new. We rather confuse change and newness, I think. What is truly new never changes."" You speak in riddles, aged progenitor."" The world worships a certain kind of newness. People are always talking about a new car, or a new drink or p-p-play or house, but these things are not truly new, are they? They begin to get old the minute you acquire them. New is not in things. New is within us. The truly new is something that is new forever: you. Every morning of your life and every evening, every moment is new. You have never lived this moment before and you never will again. In this sense the new is also the eternal. Tony Hendra
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I do not know if this quote has been said before but it is very true that the world worships a certain kind of newness. For example, people talk about buying a new car or getting a new house, but these things are not truly new, are they? They begin to get old the minute you acquire them. New is not in things. New is within us.

The truly new is something that is new forever: you. Every morning of your life and every evening, every moment is new. You have never lived this moment before and you never will again.

In this sense the new is also the eternal.

Source: Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul

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