“All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide.”
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898Related quotes
Quoted in S. Balakrishna, Seventy years of secularism. 2018.
Source: Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book IV. Homeward Bound, Lines 930–932
“Little light shining,
Little light will guide them to me.”
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave
Context: Little light shining,
Little light will guide them to me.
My face is all lit up,
My face is all lit up.
Source: Life Itself : A Memoir (2011), Ch. 55 : Go Gently
Context: "Kindness" covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.
The True Church Antiquary. Compare: "A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion", Francis Bacon, Of Atheism.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
“Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our pleasant earth below
Like the heaven above.”
"Little Things" (1845) as quoted in Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work (1881) by E. R. Hanson. These were the final words of the poem in the original publication, but later versions published anonymously by other authors appended various additions to this. It has also often appeared credited to Carney in a variant form:
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Help to make earth happy
Like the heaven above.
