“The Bible is a warm letter of affection from a parent to a child; and yet there are many who see chiefly the severer passages. As there may be fifty or sixty nights of gentle dews in one summer, that will not cause as much remark as one hailstorm of half an hour, so there are those who are more struck by those passages of the Bible that announce the indignation of God than by those that announce His affection.” MayChildrenNightCausesParentHoursHalfSummerBibleLettersAffectionWarmGentleFiftyPassagesSixtyRemarksDewIndignationHailstorms Book:Sermons Source: Sermons
“There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.” PeopleChildrenLiteratureParticularEnjoymentPassagesSolomonChildren's Literature Author:Anton Chekhov
“The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.” ChildrenEarsMarkPassagesAdolescenceBud Author:Amity Shlaes
“Conversion is in its essence a normal adolescent phenomenon, incidental to the passage from the child's small universe to the wider intellectual and spiritual life of maturity.” ChildrenSpiritualUniverseNormalIntellectualEssenceConversionMaturityPhenomenonPassagesSpiritual Life Book:The William James Reader Source: The William James Reader