"A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought- what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender!"
- Caroline Nortoninspiring , Caroline Norton , children , eyes , innocence , pure
"When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind."
- Patrick Rothfussinspiring , Patrick Rothfuss , adulthood , now , childhood , children , enjoy , fiction-novels , innocence
"I’m just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit."
- Angelina Jolieinspiring , Angelina Jolie , childhood , children , family , innocence , nostalgia , parenting
"An honest man is always a child"
- Socrates
"Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being."
- Albert Camusinspiring , Albert Camus , innocence , nostalgia , rebellious
"I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent."
- J Cornell Michelinspiring , J Cornell Michel , escape-reality , imagination , innocence , kindness
"We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent."
- Marie Luinspiring , Marie Lu , childhood , fiction-novels , healing , innocence , nostalgia , young
"A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men."
- Martin Farquhar Tupperinspiring , Martin Farquhar Tupper , angels , baby-infant , children , heaven , home , innocence , peace , unconditional-love
"Innocent people are not fools. They just think that everyone has a heart."
- Anonymousinspiring , Anonymous , compassion , heart , humble , innocence , kindness , people
"He reveals Himself to the pure heart; the pure and the stainless see God."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , spiritual , Swami Vivekananda , god , heart , innocence , pure , seeking-god
"Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , consciousness , empty-mind , enlightenment , innocence , natural , no-thoughts , non-duality
"Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun."
- Don Miguel Ruizinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Don Miguel Ruiz , childhood , children , empty-mind , flower , freedom , happy , imagination , innocence , joy , loving , nature , nostalgia , ocean , unconditional-love , who-you-are , wild , wind
"Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy, however stable these experiences may have become to others."
- Abraham Maslowinspiring , law-of-attraction , Abraham Maslow , appreciation , experience , gratitude , innocence , life , moments , positive-thinking , thankful , wonder