Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity

Quote by Phillip Brooks

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Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to...

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such...

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be...

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...