Elizabeth Goudge - Heart Quotes

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The whole universe was stilled as if listening for a voice. For the space of one heartbeat there was peace on earth. For one fraction of a moment there was no deed of violence wrought on earth, no hatred, no fire, no whirlwind, no pain, no fear. Existence rested against the heart of God, then sighed and journeyed again.

Elizabeth Goudge

The lovers of life, they are children at heart always in their wonder and delight, but they do not grab.

Elizabeth Goudge

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.

Elizabeth Goudge

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

Elizabeth Goudge

He had discovered that the choice between self-love or love of something other than self offers no escape from suffering either way, it is merely a choice between two woundings, of the pride or of the heart.

Elizabeth Goudge