Quotes about Innocence

That is a rare and blessed lot which some greatest men have not attained, to know ourselves guiltless before a condemning crowd -- to be sure that what we are denounced for is solely the good in us.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

She was not coldly clever and indirectly satirical, but adorably simple and full of feeling.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

It would be great to do a story and get somebody who is innocent out of jail. That's a wonderful thing.

The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy.

Dear God, I surrender this relationship to you," means, "Dear God, let me see this person through your eyes." In accepting the Atonement, we are asking to see as God sees, think as God thinks, love as God loves. We are asking for help in seeing someone's innocence.

God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God's peace.

When we're willing to see the innocence in another person even when he or she has behaved without love toward us, we activate the Law of Divine Compensation.

are meant to shine. Look at small children. They're all so unique before they start trying to be