"The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief difference between the Christian and the secular artist--the purpose of the work, be it story or music or painting, is to further the coming of the kingdom, to make us aware of our status as children of God, and to turn our feet toward home."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Christian Quotes #Children Quotes #Home Quotes

“Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.”

Source : Sir Humphry Davy (1812). “Elements of Chemical Philosophy”, p.54
“for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?”

Source : Ouida (2016). “Bimbi: Stories for Children”, p.55, Ouida
“But then one is always excited by descriptions of money changing hands. It's much more fundamental than sex.”
“Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics stand at our mercy.”
“I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.”
“If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.”
“I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species.”

Source : New York Times, July 2, 2004.
“To be loved is a privilege and prize equivalent to being born. If you're smart, you pause regularly to bask in the astonishing knowledge that there are many people out there who care for you and want you to thrive and hold you in their thoughts with fondness.”

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