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When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they dont really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step further and say, Well, ignorance then. The child is neither. There is no crime which a boy of eleven had not envisaged long ago. His only innocence is, he may not be old enough to desire the fruits of it...his ignorance is, he does not know how to commit it...
Sep 29, 2025
This is not politics... it's to protect the innocence of children.
I would love to be fooled. The innocence of child for the first time, seeing something and being in wonder is something that I long for because I'm tainted.
Like the Bible says. A child should be leader of them all, and to be led by that kind of innocence. Didnt Jesus say bring on the children? Be like the children. Not childish, but child-like. That kind of innocence.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
The innocence of children is their wisdom, the simplicity of children is their egolessness. The freshness of the child is the freshness of your consciousness, which never becomes old, which always remains young.
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
We need to remain childlike. Children don't dream of being insignificant.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
See the world with the innocence of children. Approach the world with the daring of children. Love the world with the readiness of children. Heal the world with the purity of children. Change the world with the wisdom of children.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
The soul, light as a feather, fluid as water, innocent as a child, responds to every movement of grace like a floating balloon.
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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.
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