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Phillips Brooks Quotes

The saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth Picture Quote #1

To whatever world he carries our souls when they shall pass out of these imprisoning bodies, in those worlds these souls of ours shall find themselves part of the same great temple; for it belongs not to this Earth alone Picture Quote #1

Go and try to save a soul, and you will see how well it is worth saving, how capable it is of the most complete salvation. Not by pondering about it, nor by talking of it, but by saving it, you learn its preciousness Picture Quote #1

Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give Picture Quote #1

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble Picture Quote #1

He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. What should he do with lenses who stood thus full in the torrent of the sunshine Picture Quote #1

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O little town of Bethlehem! How still we see thee lie; above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by. Yet, in thy dark street shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee, tonight Picture Quote #1

Up and down our lives obedient walk, dear Christ, with footsteps radiant, till those garden lives shall be fair with duties done for thee; and our thankful spirits say, Christ arose on Easter day Picture Quote #1

Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself Picture Quote #1

Jesus chose this method of extending the knowledge of himself throughout the world; he taught his truth to a few men, and then he said, now go and tell that truth to other men Picture Quote #1

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his race, and that what God gives him, he gives him for mankind Picture Quote #1

The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without Picture Quote #1

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Call your opinions your creed, and you will change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end Picture Quote #1

Oh, my dear friends, - you who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day, - if you only could know and see and feel that the time is short, how it would break the spell! How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do! Picture Quote #1

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children Picture Quote #1

Newton's great generalization, which he called the third law of motion, was that action and reaction are always equal to each other; and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force; - one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of nature Picture Quote #1

The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it Picture Quote #1

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged Picture Quote #1

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Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them Picture Quote #1

Every sermon must have a solid rest in scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal Picture Quote #1

Pray for and work for fullness of life above everything; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the saviour in your heart Picture Quote #1

The true way to be humble is not to stoop till you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that shall show you what the real smallness of your greatest greatness is Picture Quote #1

The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him Picture Quote #1

The form of Godliness may exist with secret and with open wickedness, but the power of Godliness cannot Picture Quote #1

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O risen Christ! O Easter flower! How dear thy grace has grown! From East to west, with loving power, make all the world thine own Picture Quote #1

It never frightened a puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened Picture Quote #1

Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him Picture Quote #1

Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is a child of God Picture Quote #1

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is Picture Quote #1

The best advisors... Give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is Picture Quote #1

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The saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth (Phillips Brooks Quotes) To whatever world he carries our souls when they shall pass out of these imprisoning bodies, in those worlds these souls of ours shall find themselves part of the same great temple; for it belongs not to this Earth alone (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Go and try to save a soul, and you will see how well it is worth saving, how capable it is of the most complete salvation. Not by pondering about it, nor by talking of it, but by saving it, you learn its preciousness (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble (Phillips Brooks Quotes) He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. What should he do with lenses who stood thus full in the torrent of the sunshine (Phillips Brooks Quotes) O little town of Bethlehem! How still we see thee lie; above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by. Yet, in thy dark street shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee, tonight (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Up and down our lives obedient walk, dear Christ, with footsteps radiant, till those garden lives shall be fair with duties done for thee; and our thankful spirits say, Christ arose on Easter day (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Jesus chose this method of extending the knowledge of himself throughout the world; he taught his truth to a few men, and then he said, now go and tell that truth to other men (Phillips Brooks Quotes) No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his race, and that what God gives him, he gives him for mankind (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Call your opinions your creed, and you will change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Oh, my dear friends, - you who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day, - if you only could know and see and feel that the time is short, how it would break the spell! How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do! (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Newton's great generalization, which he called the third law of motion, was that action and reaction are always equal to each other; and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force; - one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of nature (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Every sermon must have a solid rest in scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Pray for and work for fullness of life above everything; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the saviour in your heart (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The true way to be humble is not to stoop till you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that shall show you what the real smallness of your greatest greatness is (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The form of Godliness may exist with secret and with open wickedness, but the power of Godliness cannot (Phillips Brooks Quotes) O risen Christ! O Easter flower! How dear thy grace has grown! From East to west, with loving power, make all the world thine own (Phillips Brooks Quotes) It never frightened a puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him (Phillips Brooks Quotes) Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is a child of God (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is (Phillips Brooks Quotes) The best advisors... Give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is (Phillips Brooks Quotes)

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