Christ Quote by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“As Adam lost the heritage of union with God in a garden, so now Our Blessed Lord ushered in its restoration in a garden.…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what…

— John Milton

There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin

— Hozier

“This side of Eden, whether we realize it or not, we feel the stain on our souls, and at every opportunity, we try to…

— Dean Koontz

“The way to innocence, to the uncreated and to God leads on, not back, not back to the wolf or to the child, but…

— Hermann Hesse

We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most…

— Anonymous

But who is innocent? By grace divine, Not otherwise,O Nature! we are thine.

— William Wordsworth

“It's my belief that if we do not willingly embrace the challenge of Eden with all our hearts, then we will likely be forced…

— Mango Wodzak

“The next sound you hear in the Garden of Eden is the heaving, lurching, ear-splitting shatter of shalom, of God’s peace, screeching violently out…

— Matt Chandler

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

— Jewel

“In paradise there is nothing to say. Eden was sacrificed not for the pleasure of a fruit, but for the pleasure of the word.…

— Benjamin Hale