The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

- Julius Charles Hare

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

- Julius Charles Hare

Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience int…

- Julius Charles Hare

What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and…

- Julius Charles Hare

Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand whe…

- Julius Charles Hare

The virtue of Christianity is obedience.

- Julius Charles Hare

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

- Julius Charles Hare

If your divines are not philosophers, your philosophy will neither be divine, nor able to divine.

- Julius Charles Hare

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

- Julius Charles Hare