“A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities.” MenHomeEarthSpotsSensibilityCultivationHappy Home Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Third Series Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Third Series
“Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is adventure and variety. But the truth is that the home is the only place of liberty, the only spot on earth where a man can alter arrangements suddenly, make an experiment or indulge in a whim. The home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks.” MenWorldHomeEarthLibertyModernWorstAdventureTruth IsTasksNotionExperimentsSpotsVarietyDullRoutineArrangementsIndulgeWhimIndulge InDecorumDomesticityWild Places Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might enjoy true Happiness, I would prefer a small peaceable Society, in which Men, neither envy'd nor esteem'd by Neighbours, should be contented to live upon the Natural Product of the Spot they inhabit, to a vast Multitude abounding in Wealth and Power, that should always be conquering others by their Arms Abroad, and debauching themselves by Foreign Luxury at Home.” IfsMenShouldHomeMightAsksEnjoyNaturalWealthGreatnessProductsArmsGloryEnvyEsteemSpotsLuxuryConquerVainMultitudesWorldlyNeighbourTrue HappinessConquering Others Book:The Fable of the Bees Source: The Fable of the Bees
“Man, through all ages of revolving time, Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside; Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.” MenWorldHomeAgeEarthHeavenLandPrideSpotsBelovedUnchangingRevolving Author:Elizabeth Gaskell