Quotes about harvester
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Diadochos of Photiki photo

“With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.”

Diadochos of Photiki (400–486) Byzantine saint

§ 73
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)

Hope , Joy , Tear , Heart
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton photo

“Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, two thousand four hundred and sixty years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race.”

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) British politician and historian

Opening statement.
1870s, The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)

Motivation , Religion , Men
Daniel Salamanca photo

“As night is coming and my strength is exhausted, with no hope of anything better, I have only to display the meager harvest that I have accidentally picked.”

Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)
Night , Hope
John Tong Hon photo

“Hong Kong now, rather than a Bridge-Church, can be considered a sister-Church to China. We do not know what harvest all of this sowing will yield, but hopefully it will be an abundant one.”

John Tong Hon (1939) Catholic cardinal

Source: Bishop John Tong, a new cardinal for Hong Kong and China (17 February 2012) Asia News https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Bishop-John-Tong,-a-new-cardinal-for-Hong-Kong-and-China-24007.html

Sister