Quotes on Children Innocence

When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they dont really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step further and say, Well, ignorance then. The child is neither. There is no crime which a boy of eleven had not envisaged long ago. His only innocence is, he may not be old enough to desire the fruits of it...his ignorance is, he does not know how to commit it...

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.