Quotes about Offspring

some of our descendents

We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes—one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximum freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way.

Hail, holy light! offspring of heav'n firstborn.

Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source of human offspring.

Envy is the offspring of pride,

How could he deny the jewels of posterity within his loins?

Priests are the very offspring of God and share in his likeness. Our lineage is from heaven, which makes us hybrids of heaven and earth, though the scales tip in the direction of heaven. We are more connected to heaven than is the rest of creation. We are children priests or, since our Father is the king, we are royal priests who can enjoy his companionship as he actually enjoys ours.

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.