23 Quotes by Caryll Houselander

The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.

God is everywhere: yes, but how dim faith is, what a remote idea heaven is, in the modern world!

When he is sick and you stand by the bedside shaken with fear, when he sleeps and you lean over him held by the amazement of seeing this little boy who has your life, God is there, too; indeed all this love of yours is only God’s love which you sense vaguely. He, the true father, is there; He is around and above and below the child; He is in his heart. You only love at all because God loves infinitely more.

Light’s glory is to dispel darkness. Christ has illumined you with wisdom and the fire of his presence. It has been sparked and kindled in you. Let it blaze.

The emotions roused by that most unavoidable of things, food, are astonishing.