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> [Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives, that going day after day for years to this office or that school or factory is nothing else but waste and weariness. But it may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/sometimes-it-may-seem-to-us-that-there-is-no-purpose-in-our-lives/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

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## More by Caryll Houselander

> [It is part of God's plan for us that Christ shall come to us in everyone; it is in their particular role that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/it-is-part-of-god-s-plan-for-us-that-christ-shall-come-to-us-in/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [We are only syllables of the perfect Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/we-are-only-syllables-of-the-perfect-word/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [“Soeur Marie Emelie" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are onyx, and her cheeks vermilion, her apron wide and kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is-little-and-very-old-her-eyes/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [I often think that the ideal of our perfection that we set up, and often go through torture to achieve, may not be God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/i-often-think-that-the-ideal-of-our-perfection-that-we-set-up-and/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/the-love-for-material-things-grows-like-a-fungus-in-the-soul-and/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard crust of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/we-are-the-mediocre-we-are-the-half-givers-we-are-the-half-lovers-we/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [“God abides in men" "God abides in men, These are men who are simple, they are fields of corn... Such men have minds like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-these-are-men-who-are-simple-they/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [There is no way of learning of God except through the adventure of our own heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/there-is-no-way-of-learning-of-god-except-through-the-adventure-of/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/powerful-to-alleviate-to-delay-to-camouflage-though-money-is-in-the/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God's love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear, the air you breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/every-ordinary-thing-in-your-life-is-a-word-of-god-s-love-your-home/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [God speaks silently, God speaks in your heart; if your heart is noisy, chattering, you will not hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/god-speaks-silently-god-speaks-in-your-heart-if-your-heart-is-noisy/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us; to be not the castle but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/the-way-to-begin-healing-the-wounds-of-the-world-is-to-treasure-the/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [Christ used the flesh and blood of Mary for his life on earth, the Word of love was uttered in her heartbeat. Christ used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/christ-used-the-flesh-and-blood-of-mary-for-his-life-on-earth-the/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/christ-subjected-himself-to-the-law-of-the-seed-in-the-earth-to-the/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

> [We must carry Jesus in our hearts to wherever He wants to go, and there are many places to which He may never go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/we-must-carry-jesus-in-our-hearts-to-wherever-he-wants-to-go-and/)

[Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/)

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