Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

“An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)

“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:16.

Jesus to his disciples.

“The innocent mansion of a panther’s heart!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)