PHILLIPS BROOKS

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end.

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, 'Christ is risen,' but 'I shall rise.'

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.