Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.
Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home. - Mark Hopkins
Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home.
- Mark Hopkins
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surfac… - Mark Hopkins
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surfac…
We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus… - Mark Hopkins
We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus…
Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fa… - Mark Hopkins
Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fa…
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. - Mark Hopkins
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power. - Mark Hopkins
All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.
Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity. - Mark Hopkins
Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity.
Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His … - Mark Hopkins
Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His …
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends. - Mark Hopkins
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.
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