“Why, then, does water-form the very basis of life in all life's various manifestations? Because water embraces everything is in and all through everything; because it rises above the distinctions between plants and animals and human beings; because it is a universal element shared by all; itself undetermined, yet determining; because, like the primal mother it is, it supplies the stuff of life to everything living.” HumansDoeFormMotherStuffWaterHuman BeingsAnimalElementsUniversalBasesEmbracePlantVariousManifestationDistinctionRise AboveSuppliesPrimalHumans And AnimalsPlants And Animals Author:Theodor Schwenk
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. It has intrinsic and indestructible merits. It holds the welfare of mankind in its embrace, as the protecting arms of a mother hold her infant to her bosom. The very ignorance and selfishness which obstructs its path are the strongest arguments for its promotion, for it furnishes the only adequate means for their removal.” IfsHumansHeartMeanMotherCausesEducationPathSacrificeMankindIgnoranceArmsArgumentEmbraceEndureWorthySelfishnessWelfareMeritStrongestToilHuman HeartInfantAdequatePromotionBosomsRemovalIndestructibleAdequate Means Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“There is neither father, nor mother, nor son, nor any other person whatsoever who can embrace the object beloved with so great a love as that wherewith God embraceth the soul.” PersonsSoulMotherFatherObjectsSonEmbraceBeloved Author:Angela of Foligno