"A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value"

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Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1851). “Stuart of Dunleath: a story of the present time”, p.37

Caroline Norton

#Beautiful Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Children Quotes

“The end of nature sours all my material pleasures. The prospect of living in a genetically engineered world sickens me. And yet it is toward such a world that our belief in endless material advancement hurries us. As long as that desire drives us, here is no way to set limits.”
“Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.”

Source : Mary Parker Follett (1918). “The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government”, p.39, Penn State Press
“You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.”
“As you ask and feel and believe, you will receive.”
“A lot of people don't want to put that work in they just want to be famous.”
“I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.”
“The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.”
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”

Source : New Scientist 21 May 1964

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