"Criticism is not religion, and by no process can it be substituted for it. It is not the critic's eye, but the child's heart, that most truly discerns the countenance that looks out from the pages of the gospel."

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Source : John Campbell Shairp (1871). “Culture and Religion in Some of Their Relations”, p.143

John Campbell Shairp

#Children Quotes #Heart Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the field of air.”
“To stick to the present situation would be something like a man who was observed in Times Square looking earnestly along the pavement. He was asked what he was looking for. He said "I lost my watch."”
“I sense that his drowning but I don't have any idea of how to start to put my hand into the water and save him.”
“In their role as celestial servants to humans on earth, Angels act variously as guardians, guides, teachers, truth-givers and comforters, protectors of the righteous, punishers of the wicked, and more.”
“Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.”
“I know I am deathlessÂ…We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.”
“For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.”
“Take it from me: no matter how few or how many children you have, or how little or how much money you make, your expenses are going to exceed your income by approximately a hundred dollars a month.”

Source : Teresa Bloomingdale (1982). “Up a Family Tree”, G K Hall & Company

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