Quotes by Innocence If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence. Adolph Gottlieb innocence tradition form One must be willing to stand alone - in the unknown, with no reference to authority or the past or any of one's conditioning. One must stand where no one has stood before in complete nakedness, innocence, and humility. Adyashanti innocence humility past Christ is the very epitome of innocence, and without the blood of Christ, shed on Calvary, God's plan of salvation would not have been fulfilled. Alan Keyes gods-plan innocence blood Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. Albert Camus innocence nostalgia essence The innocent is the person who explains nothing Albert Camus innocent innocence life In every guilty man, there is some innocence. This makes every absolute condemnation revolting. Albert Camus innocence guilty men It is in the translation that the innocence lost after the first reading is restored under another guise, since the reader is once again faced with a new text and its attendant mystery. That is the inescapable paradox of translation, and also its wealth. Alberto Manguel innocence reading firsts Liberate yourselves from everything you know and look with complete innocence at this infinitely improbable thing before you. Aldous Huxley innocence thrive looks Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. Alice Hoffman innocence judgement circles Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence. Alice Thomas Ellis insolence innocence combination The innocent mansion of a panther's heart! Allen Tate panthers innocence heart The most effective coquetry is innocence. Alphonse de Lamartine coquetry innocence Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience Amos Bronson Alcott innocence stupidity ignorance Once innocence--an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists--encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And if that knowledge is employed, then it becomes wisdom. Ana Castillo innocence transformation encounters It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment. Anais Nin innocence forgiving perfection Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. Anatole France innocence often-is literature Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted. Anita Brookner innocence writing attention Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. Anne Lamott innocence writing beautiful Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning. Anne Spencer figs innocence guilt What I call innocence is the spirit's unself-conscious state at any moment of pure devotion to any object. It is at once a receptiveness and total concentration. Annie Dillard innocence moments spirit 1234567891011»