A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
Interpretation
A home is defined by the people who inhabit it rather than just its physical structure.
This quote emphasizes that the true nature of a home goes beyond its physical attributes, such as walls and roofs; it is fundamentally shaped by the individuals who live there. The personalities, relationships, and interactions among the inhabitants create the emotional and spiritual essence of a home.
In practice
In a speech about family values, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of connections at home.
I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they tell me that they can't recall learning anything of any value in school. All that schoolmasters managed to accomplish with them was to test and determine the amount of knowledge that they had already acquired independently-and not infrequently the determination was made clumsily and inaccurately.
It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him
It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.
It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.
The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.
My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: 'Please don't take me in the middle of the sweater.' And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.
It's not proper for the government to intrude too thoroughly into the domain of the family. It's inappropriate.
We knew sports was important to us and our family, but there are priorities in life.Obviously, faith is foremost; how we did in school is important. If we didn't handle that business then there were no privileges.
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