--- title: "27 Caryll Houselander Quotes - Famous Writer (The Reed of God)" description: "Caryll Houselander was an English lay Roman Catholic ecclesiastical artist, mystic, popular religious writer and poet. Browse 27 Caryll Houselander quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-lewis-n-roe-21462.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-lewis-n-roe-21462.jpg) # Caryll Houselander (1901–1954) Writer United Kingdom **27** quotes in **263** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Caryll Houselander was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *The Reed of God*. ## Quick Facts About Caryll Houselander Born September 29, 1901 Died October 12, 1954 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works The Reed of God ## About Caryll Houselander Caryll Houselander was an English lay Roman Catholic ecclesiastical artist, mystic, popular religious writer and poet. ## Quotes by Caryll Houselander > [The sense of the joy in anything is the sense of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/the-sense-of-the-joy-in-anything-is-the-sense-of-christ/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_the-sense-of-the-joy-in-anything-is-the_2604569.png) > [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/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/caryll-houselander-22276_adventure_there-is-no-way-of-learning-of-god-excep_893035.png) > [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/) [Christian inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/caryll-houselander-22276_christian-inspiratio_we-are-only-syllables-of-the-perfect-wor_64436.png) > [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/) [Fungi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fungi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/caryll-houselander-22276_fungi_the-love-for-material-things-grows-like_662150.png) > [God is everywhere: yes, but how dim faith is, what a remote idea heaven is, in the modern world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/god-is-everywhere-yes-but-how-dim-faith-is-what-a-remote-idea-heaven/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/caryll-houselander-22276_faith_god-is-everywhere-yes-but-how-dim-faith_3072091.png) > [In every passerby, everywhere - Christ . . . He is in everyone - there can be no outcasts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/in-every-passerby-everywhere-christ-he-is-in-everyone-there-can-be-no/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_in-every-passerby-everywhere-christ-he-i_2795519.png) > [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/) [Christian inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/caryll-houselander-22276_christian-inspiratio_god-speaks-silently-god-speaks-in-your-h_1121564.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/caryll-houselander-22276_alleviate_powerful-to-alleviate-to-delay-to-camouf_921804.png) > [We are united to Him, we are one, and it is when His Passion becomes real to us, through experience and love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/we-are-united-to-him-we-are-one-and-it-is-when-his-passion-becomes/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/caryll-houselander-22276_and-love_we-are-united-to-him-we-are-one-and-it-i_3233856.png) > [It is a time of darkness, of faith. We shall not see Christ's radiance in our lives yet; it is still hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/it-is-a-time-of-darkness-of-faith-we-shall-not-see-christ-s-radiance/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/caryll-houselander-22276_believe_it-is-a-time-of-darkness-of-faith-we-sha_2034136.png) > [Christ asks for a home in your soul, where he can be at rest with you, where he can talk easily to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/christ-asks-for-a-home-in-your-soul-where-he-can-be-at-rest-with-you/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_christ-asks-for-a-home-in-your-soul-wher_2598115.jpg) > [The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us; to be not the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/caryll-houselander-22276_beats_the-way-to-begin-healing-the-wounds-of-t_1255984.jpg) > [We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/caryll-houselander-22276_break_we-are-the-mediocre-we-are-the-half-give_801258.png) > [I often think that the ideal of our perfection that we set up, and often go through torture to achieve, may not…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/caryll-houselander-22276_achieve_i-often-think-that-the-ideal-of-our-perf_332183.jpg) > [Most people know the sheer wonder that goes with falling in love, how not only does everything in heaven and earth become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/most-people-know-the-sheer-wonder-that-goes-with-falling-in-love-how/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/caryll-houselander-22276_doe_most-people-know-the-sheer-wonder-that-g_2711946.png) > [Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God's love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear, the air…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/caryll-houselander-22276_air_every-ordinary-thing-in-your-life-is-a-w_1076797.png) > [“I wanted to shut my mind, that my thoughts might close on my own peace, I wanted to close the peace of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/i-wanted-to-shut-my-mind-that-my-thoughts-might-close-on-my-own-peace/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Catholic-author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-author/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/caryll-houselander-22276_catholic-author_i-wanted-to-shut-my-mind-that-my-thought_2770265.jpg) > [By his own will Christ was dependent on Mary during Advent: he was absolutely helpless; he could go nowhere but where she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/by-his-own-will-christ-was-dependent-on-mary-during-advent-he-was/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Advent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/caryll-houselander-22276_advent_by-his-own-will-christ-was-dependent-on_3080769.jpg) > [Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one…](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/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/caryll-houselander-22276_children_christ-subjected-himself-to-the-law-of-t_1813229.jpg) > [Christ used the flesh and blood of Mary for his life on earth, the Word of love was uttered in her heartbeat.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/caryll-houselander-22276_blood_christ-used-the-flesh-and-blood-of-mary_1354538.jpg) > [We must carry Jesus in our hearts to wherever He wants to go, and there are many places to which He may…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/caryll-houselander-22276_camps_we-must-carry-jesus-in-our-hearts-to-whe_1855414.jpg) > [It is part of God's plan for us that Christ shall come to us in everyone; it is in their particular role…](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/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/caryll-houselander-22276_children_it-is-part-of-god-s-plan-for-us-that-chr_20548.png) > [The Passion of Christ was an experience which included in itself every experience except sin, of every member of the human race.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience-which-included-in-itself/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/caryll-houselander-22276_children_the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience_2826286.jpg) > [Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives, that going day after day for years to…](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/) [Aimless life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aimless-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/caryll-houselander-22276_aimless-life_sometimes-it-may-seem-to-us-that-there-i_1981109.jpg) > [“Soeur Marie Emelie" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are onyx, and her cheeks vermilion, her apron wide…](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/) [Catholic-author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-author/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/caryll-houselander-22276_catholic-author_soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is_69268.jpg) > [“God abides in men" "God abides in men, These are men who are simple, they are fields of corn... Such men have…](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/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-thes_862476.jpg) > [Advent is the season of the secret, the secret of the growth of Christ, of divine love growing in silence…For nine months,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/advent-is-the-season-of-the-secret-the-secret-of-the-growth-of-christ/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Advent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/caryll-houselander-22276_advent_advent-is-the-season-of-the-secret-the-s_2489949.png) ## Caryll Houselander by topic [Christ 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He shows us, step by step, how that plan of love can be carried out by men, women, and children today, both alone in the loneliness of their individual lives and together in communion with one another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caryll Houselander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience-which-included-in-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/caryll-houselander-22276_children_the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience_2826286.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/caryll-houselander-22276_children_the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience_2826286.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/caryll-houselander-22276_children_the-passion-of-christ-was-an-experience_2826286.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Passion of Christ was an experience which included in itself every experience except sin, of every…” — Caryll Houselander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 that God has sent us there because but for us, Christ would not be there. 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She comforts generations and generations of children, who are \"new\" at the convent school. When they are eight, they are already up to her shoulder, they grow up and go into the world, she remains, forever, always incredibly old, but incredibly never older... She has an affinity with the hens, When a hen dies,she sits down on a bench and cries, she is the only grown-up, whose tears are not frightening tears. Children can weep without shame, at her side... Soeur Marie Emelie... her apron as wide and kind as skies on a summer day and as clean and blue.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caryll Houselander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is-little-and-very-old-her-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/caryll-houselander-22276_catholic-author_soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is_69268.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/caryll-houselander-22276_catholic-author_soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is_69268.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/caryll-houselander-22276_catholic-author_soeur-marie-emelie-soeur-marie-emelie-is_69268.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Soeur Marie Emelie\" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are onyx, and her cheeks vermilion…” — Caryll Houselander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God abides in men\" \"God abides in men, These are men who are simple, they are fields of corn... Such men have minds like wide grey skies, they have the grandeur that the fools call emptiness. God abides in men. Some men are not simple, they live in cities among the teeming buildings, wrestling with forces as strong as the sun and the rain. Often they must forgo dream upon dream... Christ walks in the wilderness in such lives. God abides in men, because Christ has put on the nature of man, like a garment, and worn it to his own shape. He has put on everyone's life... to the workman's clothes to the King's red robes, to the snowy loveliness of the wedding garment... Christ has put on Man's nature, and given him back his humanness... God abides in man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caryll Houselander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-these-are-men-who-are-simple-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-thes_862476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-thes_862476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/caryll-houselander-22276_christ_god-abides-in-men-god-abides-in-men-thes_862476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God abides in men\" \"God abides in men, These are men who are simple, they are fields of corn... 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