5 Quotes Tagged: prodigal-son

It was his home now. But it could not be his home till he had gone from it and returned to it. Now he was the Prodigal Son.

It is not reason which turns the young man from God; it is the flesh. Skepticism but provides him with the excuses for the new life he is leading.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. A fine example was the Prodigal Son — when he started back home.

Turn back and seek the safety of the shore; tempt not the deep, lest, losing unawares me and yourselves, you come to port no more.

The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religiously to earn them.