Two thousand years ago there was One here on this earth who lived the grandest life that ever has been lived yet - a life that every thinking man, with deeper or shallower meaning, has agreed to call divine.

Quote by Frederick William Robertson

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Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted...

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted...

The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.

The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed...

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed...

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given...

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given...

The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the...

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the...

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the...

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the...

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work...

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work...

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is...

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is...

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two...

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two...

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him...

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him...

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do...

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do...

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not...

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not...

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it...

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it...

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits,...

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits,...

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to...

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to...

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of...

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of...