The danger is that we may fail to perceive life's greatest meaning, fall short of its highest good, miss its deepest and most abiding happiness, be unable to render the most needed service, be unconscious of life ablaze with the light of the Presence of God - and be content to have it so - that is the danger. That some day we may wake up and find that always we have been busy with the husks and trappings of life - and have really missed life itself.
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable. - Phillips Brooks
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.
- Phillips Brooks
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything. - Phillips Brooks
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will … - Phillips Brooks
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will …
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God. - Phillips Brooks
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. - Phillips Brooks
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches b… - Phillips Brooks
Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches b…
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he… - Phillips Brooks
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he…
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not … - Phillips Brooks
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not …
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is… - Phillips Brooks
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is…
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