As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.
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
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.
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…
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.
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…
To believe is to be happy; to doubt is to be wretched. To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believe… - Frederick William Robertson
To believe is to be happy; to doubt is to be wretched. To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believe…
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. - Frederick William Robertson
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
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…
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.
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