Kyotaro Nishimura Quotes & Sayings

The Poor Children

Take heed of this small child of earth;
He is great; he hath in him God most high.
Children before their fleshly birth
Are lights alive in the blue sky.

In our light bitter world of wrong
They come; God gives us them awhile.
His speech is in their stammering tongue,
And his forgiveness in their smile.

Their sweet light rests upon our eyes.
Alas! their right to joy is plain.
If they are hungry Paradise
Weeps, and, if cold, Heaven thrills with pain.

The want that saps their sinless flower
Speaks judgment on sin's ministers.
Man holds an angel in his power.
Ah! deep in Heaven what thunder stirs,

When God seeks out these tender things
Whom in the shadow where we sleep
He sends us clothed about with wings,
And finds them ragged babes that weep — Victor Hugo

Food is a lens for culture. — Dana Goodyear

He did not accept the good news of God; he strained it to his heart, and was jubilant over it. — George MacDonald

A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other. — Jane Austen

Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue. — Paulo Freire