Elizabeth Goudge

We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#empathy #pride #selfishness #empathy

In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#gratefulness #gratitude #musings #nature #seasons

He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#love #sunshine #friendship

Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#fear #suffering #empathy

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#love #uniqueness #love

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#love #marriage #life

...those who break the law should be loved more and not less for their sin, for if we do not forgive then is sin added to sin and the end is death. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#forgiveness #love #sin #death

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#humor #weather #humor

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#hope #inspirational #strength #faith

These black times go as they come and we do not know how they come or why they go. But we know that God controls them, as he controls the whole vast cobweb of the mystery of things. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#god #mystery-of-life #life