“In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all that we feel wrong with the world in the soil of our own backyard.” WorldFeelsEndsCultureChurchSituationChristianitySeedsSoilBackyards Book:Like a House on Fire: Renewal of the Arts in a Postmodern Culture Source: Like a House on Fire: Renewal of the Arts in a Postmodern Culture
“Short version: For the child. . ., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. . . . It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate.” IfsKnowsWayWantFeelsChildrenImportantFactsGrowsEmotionHalfProduceReadyGardenSeedsSensesImpressionVersionsDietsSoilNot ReadyFertileKnowledge And WisdomFertile Soil Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work