Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love,…

Quote by Francis Thompson

Topics: Children Quotes, Innocence Quotes

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy...

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy...

Happiness is the shadow of things past, Wich fools still take for that which is...

Happiness is the shadow of things past, Wich fools still take for that which is...

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy...

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy...

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou...

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou...

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

And left the flushed print in a poppy there.

And left the flushed print in a poppy there.

An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.

An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls...

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in...

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in...

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make...

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...