Quotes About Innocence

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud.

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the dream of the romantic. Yet it is folly to the realist and a lie to the innocent.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men

God made mud, God made dirt, God made boys so girls could flirt.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Sometimes it's the smallest and most innocent things you have to watch out for

I hated how easily innocence could be robbed—how quickly a child could go from plucking wish stalks at a pond's edge to clutching stolen bread beneath a coat.

The law, which even in those hard days — popularly known as the good old times, by the way — was supposed to regard an accused person as innocent until his or her guilt was duly established, did not afford the suspected individual much opportunity of proving that innocence. The prisoner's counsel was not allowed to plead for his client.

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth.

C'est fou, quand on a huit ans, il n'y a rien de tel qu'une pizza pepperoni pour vous rendre heureux.

If only we could bring all the kids home. If only we could rid the world of all the predators.

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.

You ride like a centaur," he said tartly. "And almost stopped my heart in the process." Her eyes widened with such innocence that he knew she was baiting him. Grinning, he dismounted and opened the gate. "After what you've achieved today, I suppose you're entitled to your fun. But if I have gray hairs tomorrow, it will be your fault." She took off for home at an easy trot, her enchanting laughter floating behind her.

children have very little concept of time. Tomorrow is forever, and years pass in no time at all.

Janie gave me a pen. Mrs. Tadworth gave me a doll. Matt

Elise said she had something to show her. It was a set of beautifully painted cutout paper fairies.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgement of children.

The lovers of the innocent must protect them above all from the knowledge of their own cruelty.

Máquina» es un término periodístico. Los términos inexactos como ese forman parte de la psicosis de la guerra. Las personas no son máquinas, aunque quieran serlo. Hay que empezar en alguna parte. ?Pero mientras tanto muchas personas inocentes van a sufrir. ?Lo sé, y eso es precisamente el quid de la cuestión. Podría decirse, y es cierto, que la guerra es como un bumerang y resulta imposible garantizar la seguridad de nadie a la larga.

Se preguntó por qué la gente a quien uno tenía un afecto más inocente era la que con tanta frecuencia exigía de uno el más atroz engaño.

I recalled how in my illness I had witnessed three maidens glowing with divinity. Adelheid appeared in the guise of Sapientia, Divine Wisdom, while Guda shone in majesty as Ecclesia, the true and inner Church. Then, from between them, emerged the most splendid figure, glowing in innocence and joy—the black-haired girl, whom I knew now to be Richardis, blazing in my vision before she was even conceived in her mother's womb. My name is Caritas, Divine Love.