Quotes ! Mar 18

About sex especially men are born mad; and they hardly reach sanity until they reach sanctity.- G K Chesterton quoted in - Robert Farrar Capon, Bed and Board, p 48

Not one drop of rain falls without God’s sure command.-@JohnCalvinDaily

 John Calvin

Tell me, where now are all the masters and teachers 

whom you knew so well in life and who were famous 

for their learning?  Others have already taken their 

places and I know not whether they ever think of 

their predecessors.  During life they seemed to be 

something; now they are seldom remembered. 

How quickly the glory of the world passes away!  If 

only their lives had kept pace with their learning, 

then their study and reading would have been worth 

while. --Thomas A' Kempis (1380-1471) 

      _The Imitation Of Christ_ [c. 1420]; Book 1, Chapter 3 

       http://www.ccel.org/ccel/kempis/imitation.ONE.3.html 

There is frequently more to be learned from the 

unexpected questions of a child than the discourses 

of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions 

they have borrowed and the prejudices of their 

education. 

     --John Locke (1632-1704) 

      _Some Thoughts Concerning Education_ [1693], Section 121 

I suspect that the child plucks its first flower 

with an insight into its beauty and significance 

which the subsequent botanist never retains. 

     --Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 

      _Journal_ [February 5, 1852]