“Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.” GivingHeartChildrenChurchKnowingMy HeartBlessingConscienceCatholicSilentBottomBelieverCatholic ChurchChild Of GodNon Believer Author:Pope Francis
“When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. In this hour divinely fresh and still, the fair face of every flower salutes me with a silent joy. . . . All the cares, perplexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdens of life slip from my shoulders and leave me with the heart of a little child that asks nothing beyond the present moment of innocent bliss.” HeartChildrenLittlesStillsMomentsCareFacesJoyAsksHoursPerfectGriefExistenceMorningFlowerFairsGardenSilentBurdenShouldersInnocentBlissAwakePresent MomentSlipsLeaving MeSalutePerplexityPerfect HappinessBurdens Of Life Author:Celia Thaxter
“Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.” ChildrenDarkSilentWoodsFoldsGrandeurMaple Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased.” ChildrenSeemsSilenceExpressionColdSpeechSilentSignificantUnhappinessOutsidersWidowsAccompanyInconsequentialDeceasedImpassioned Author:Anton Chekhov
“Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands, Like a new Niobe with claspèd hands, Silent above the flowers, her children lost, Slain by the arrows of the early Frost.” ChildrenHandsLostFlowerSummerSilentPaleArrowsFrostFading Author:Richard Henry Stoddard