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Jean Ingelow photo

“When our thoughts are born,
Though they be good and humble, one should mind
How they are reared, or some will go astray
And shame their mother.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"Gladys and Her Island", p. 238.
A Story of Doom (1867)

Jean Ingelow photo

“Like coral insects multitudinous
The minutes are whereof our life is made.
They build it up as in the deep's blue shade
It grows, it comes to light, and then, and thus
For both there is an end.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"Work", line 1, p. 54.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)

Light , Life
Jean Ingelow photo

“Work is its own best earthly need,
Else have we none more than the sea-born throng
Who wrought these marvellous isles that bloom afar.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"Work", line 12, p. 54.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)

Sea
Jean Ingelow photo

“[U]gliness of the right sort is a kind of beauty. It has some of the best qualities of beauty—it attracts observation and fixes the memory.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Off the Skelligs: A Novel (1872), Ch. 18, p. 278.

Beauty , Memory
Jean Ingelow photo

“Our own faces, seen suddenly, will sometimes tell us things concerning ourselves that we did not suspect before.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Off the Skelligs: A Novel (1872), Ch. 30, p. 560.

“There’s no such thing as a theatrical troupe without conflicts.”

C. L. Moore (1911–1987) American author

Source: Doomsday Morning (1957), Chapter 11 (p. 87)

“When you’re young you never doubt yourself. You never wonder if you’re justified. But as a man gets older he learns to doubt. Whether he can do a thing—whether he should.”

C. L. Moore (1911–1987) American author

Source: Doomsday Morning (1957), Chapter 13 (p. 103)

Learning
Manuel Monteiro de Castro photo

“When values have their foundation in man, they are very fragile. It's enough to look at the 20th century.”

Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938) secretary of the Congregation for Bishops

Euthanasia similar to Hitler’s racial purging, says Nuncio in Spain https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/12276/euthanasia-similar-to-hitlers-racial-purging-says-nuncio-in-spain (8 April 2008)

Jean Ingelow photo

“I am glad to think
I am not bound to make the wrong go right;
But only to discover, and to do
With cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"The Monitions of the Unseen", p. 31.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)

God , Heart , Thinking
Jean Ingelow photo

“O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep,
Thou bearest angels to us in the night,
Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light
Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep;
Love is a pouting child.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"Sleep (A Woman Speaks)", line 1, p. 98.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)

Sleep , Light , Love , Night
Jean Ingelow photo

“It would be hard to say of any man that he is never right. If he is always thinking that he has forgotten a certain lady, surely he is right sometimes.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Fated to Be Free: A Novel (1875), Ch. 9, p. 113.

Thinking
Jean Ingelow photo

“I'm like a good clock, I neither gain nor lose. I can strike, too.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Fated to Be Free: A Novel (1875), Ch. 19, p. 229.

Jean Ingelow photo

“Is it what we impart, or impute to nature from ourselves, that we chiefly lean upon? or does she truly impart of what is really in her to us?”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Fated to Be Free: A Novel (1875), Ch. 25, p. 315.

Nature
Jean Ingelow photo

“A man's world, but woman bides her time.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: John Jerome: His Thoughts and Ways (1886), Ch. 7, p. 107.

World , Time
Jean Ingelow photo

“A man can sometimes hold his own with one woman, but never with two.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: John Jerome: His Thoughts and Ways (1886), Ch. 12, p. 207.

“It is absolutely clear to everyone that the reasons for such a disastrous war as we have endured for seven years now have nothing to do with the demand for democracy or freedom. They have much more to do with a dirty game of world economics.”

Joseph Tobji (1971) archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

“If it weren‘t for the Church, we‘d be dead by now” https://acninternational.org/werent-church-wed-dead-now/ (6 February 2018)

Democracy , Freedom , War , Game

“If the Christians disappear, there will be many problems, both for their own country and for Europe.”

Joseph Tobji (1971) archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

ACN approves a total of over 3 million Euros for 40 projects for the reconstruction of Syria https://acninternational.org/acn-approves-a-total-of-over-3-million-euros-for-40-projects-for-the-reconstruction-of-syria/ (19 July 2018)

Problem , Country

“The logic of the sanctions is arguably to starve the people and reduce the political consensus for the authorities and thereby overthrow the government. But as a Pastor, I see that people suffer from poverty and it doesn't seem to me that discussions about democracy are a priority for them.”

Joseph Tobji (1971) archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

Archbishop Tobji of Aleppo after the presidential election: "Sanctions cause hunger and do not lead to more democracy" http://www.fides.org/en/news/70210-ASIA_SYRIA_Archbishop_Tobji_of_Aleppo_after_the_presidential_election_Sanctions_cause_hunger_and_do_not_lead_to_more_democracy (28 May 2021)

Democracy , People , Suffering

“The Christian presence in the East, even in Aleppo is thousands of years old, since the time of the Apostles; therefore, it is very important that it continues, because this also benefits the universal Church - not only the East.”

Joseph Tobji (1971) archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

War and economic crisis in Aleppo cause Christians to flee https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-12/syria-war-christian-tobji-joseph.html (13 December 2021)

Time , Universe
Sergey Lavrov photo

“We have absolutely no intention of — or interest in — crossing Ukraine's borders.”

Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister

"Russia Says It Doesn't Plan To Invade Ukraine" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/29/296247981/russia-says-it-doesn-t-plan-to-invade-ukraine, NPR, 29 March 2014
About the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014