False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas the only liberty that a man, worthy of the name of man, ought to ask for, is, to have all restrictions, inward and outward, removed that prevent his doing what he ought.
It is not the number of books you read; nor the variety of sermons which you hear; nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix: but it … - Frederick William Robertson
It is not the number of books you read; nor the variety of sermons which you hear; nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix: but it …
- Frederick William Robertson
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysteriou… - Frederick William Robertson
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysteriou…
The true aim of every one who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions,but to kindle minds. - Frederick William Robertson
The true aim of every one who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions,but to kindle minds.
Truth is given, not to be contemplated, but to be done. Life is an action, not a thought. - Frederick William Robertson
Truth is given, not to be contemplated, but to be done. Life is an action, not a thought.
We are too much haunted by ourselves, projecting the central shadow of self on everything around us. And then comes the Gospel to rescue us from this… - Frederick William Robertson
We are too much haunted by ourselves, projecting the central shadow of self on everything around us. And then comes the Gospel to rescue us from this…
Every natural longing has its natural satisfaction. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst. If we are susceptible of attachment, the… - Frederick William Robertson
Every natural longing has its natural satisfaction. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst. If we are susceptible of attachment, the…
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. - Frederick William Robertson
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. - Frederick William Robertson
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. - Frederick William Robertson
Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.
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