Margaret Campbell Barnes Quotes & Sayings

When we are young we love our idealization of people, I suppose, and only as we grow older do we love them as they really are. — Margaret Campbell Barnes

She is one of those people who have found serenity because they have never tried to dodge suffering. — Margaret Campbell Barnes

To weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself. — Margaret Campbell Barnes

It is said that we only get to know God in those stark moments when we are driven to depend on him. — Margaret Campbell Barnes

Gathering the golden harvest through long summer days leaves a lasting sweetness to ripen in a man's soul. The smell of newly carted hay can be a lasting memory even in strange cities. — Margaret Campbell Barnes

Real pity should stretch out to people whom we do not like
to those whom we have injured or who despitefully use us. — Margaret Campbell Barnes