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Elizabeth Goudge Quotes

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance Picture Quote #1

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won’t ever be a time when I shan’t know him Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there’s anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don’t turn up Picture Quote #1

[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said ‘Thou shalt not steal’ is one’s good opinion of one’s self Picture Quote #1

There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were left behind, together with the bitterness of not getting what one wanted. One’s values, too, were altered. Gifts that once one took for granted, sunshine and birdsong, freedom from pain, sleep and one’s daily bread, seemed now so extraordinarily precious Picture Quote #1

Butterflies... Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures Picture Quote #1

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The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again Picture Quote #1

All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance Picture Quote #1

Marriage is a very long process Picture Quote #1

All we are asked to bear we can bear Picture Quote #1

To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life Picture Quote #1

To know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother Picture Quote #1

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In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character Picture Quote #1

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing Picture Quote #1

There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule Picture Quote #1

Don’t waste hate on pink geranium Picture Quote #1

Our home, our special country, is for all of us the place where we find liberation; a very difficult word... that tries to describe something that can’t be described but is the only thing worth having Picture Quote #1

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested Picture Quote #1

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In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried... nothing is so warming and companionable Picture Quote #1

Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life Picture Quote #1

Could you understand the meaning of light if there were no darkness to point the contrast? Day and night, life and death, love and hatred; since none of these things can have any being at all apart from the existence of the other; only the indolence of human nature finds it so hard to pierce through to the other side Picture Quote #1

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart Picture Quote #1

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there’s anything more tiring... than expecting people who don’t turn up Picture Quote #1

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If one’s intellectual equipment was not great, one’s spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one’s very best could only seem very lightweight in comparison with the effort involved. But perhaps that was not important. The mysterious power that commanded men appeared to him to ask of them only obedience and the maximum of effort and to remain curiously indifferent as to the results Picture Quote #1

The lovers of life, they are children at heart always in their wonder and delight, but they do not grab Picture Quote #1

Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth Picture Quote #1

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won’t ever be a time when I shan’t know him Picture Quote #1

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins Picture Quote #1

Cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality Picture Quote #1

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Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won’t ever be a time when I shan’t know him. (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) I don’t think there’s anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don’t turn up ... (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) [Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said ‘Thou shalt not steal’ is one’s good opinion of one’s self (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were left behind, together with the bitterness of not getting what one wanted. One’s values, too, were altered. Gifts that once one took for granted, sunshine and birdsong, freedom from pain, sleep and one’s daily bread, seemed now so extraordinarily precious (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Butterflies... Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Marriage is a very long process (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) All we are asked to bear we can bear (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) To know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Don’t waste hate on pink geranium (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Our home, our special country, is for all of us the place where we find liberation; a very difficult word... that tries to describe something that can’t be described but is the only thing worth having (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried... nothing is so warming and companionable (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Could you understand the meaning of light if there were no darkness to point the contrast? Day and night, life and death, love and hatred; since none of these things can have any being at all apart from the existence of the other; only the indolence of human nature finds it so hard to pierce through to the other side (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) I don’t think there’s anything more tiring... than expecting people who don’t turn up (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) If one’s intellectual equipment was not great, one’s spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one’s very best could only seem very lightweight in comparison with the effort involved. But perhaps that was not important. The mysterious power that commanded men appeared to him to ask of them only obedience and the maximum of effort and to remain curiously indifferent as to the results (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) The lovers of life, they are children at heart always in their wonder and delight, but they do not grab (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won’t ever be a time when I shan’t know him (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes) Cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality (Elizabeth Goudge Quotes)

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