Our spiritual life is a venture in the dark, between the soul and God, and no spiritual life is worth the name unless it is so. Janet Erskine Stuart More Quotes by Janet Erskine Stuart More Quotes From Janet Erskine Stuart The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love. Janet Erskine Stuart timemotivationallove It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are. Janet Erskine Stuart who-we-areeducate It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one. Janet Erskine Stuart great-work I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one. Janet Erskine Stuart holidaywishgiving Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. Janet Erskine Stuart learningteachingtime To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. Janet Erskine Stuart motivationalinspirationallife Children with heaven in their eyes and an air of mystery about them, meditative and quiet, friends of God, friends of all, loved and loving and asking very little from the outer world, because they have more than enough within. They are classed as the dreamers, but they are really seers. They do not ask much and they do not need much beyond a reverent guardianship and to be let alone and allowed to grow; they will find this way for they are 'taught of God. Janet Erskine Stuart eyeairchildren You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom Janet Erskine Stuart mushroomstreeadvice We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best. Janet Erskine Stuart obligationtrying Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain. Janet Erskine Stuart vinesraintwo In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life. Janet Erskine Stuart simple-lifesimpleorder Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind. Janet Erskine Stuart soulgodlove-is We know in whom we believe, and that, so long as we trust God utterly, all must come right. Janet Erskine Stuart trust-in-godlongbelieve The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery. Janet Erskine Stuart motivationalinspirationallife Effective learning means arriving at new power, and the consciousness of new power is one of the most stimulating things in life. Janet Erskine Stuart arrivingthings-in-lifemean What a misfortune it would be, religiously speaking and educationally speaking, if we could only work happily with those who saw things as we do. Janet Erskine Stuart sawsifswould-be All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted. Janet Erskine Stuart spiritual-giftsacceptedspiritual Egypt is full of dreams, mysteries, memories. Janet Erskine Stuart egyptdreammemories This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life. Janet Erskine Stuart true-lifedreamworld Love gives a sense of rest. Janet Erskine Stuart giving
