Author: Phillips Brooks

Quotes

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

- Phillips Brooks

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

- Phillips Brooks

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

- Phillips Brooks

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.

- Phillips Brooks

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

- Phillips Brooks

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

- Phillips Brooks

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

- Phillips Brooks

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

- Phillips Brooks

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

- Phillips Brooks

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