Frederic Farrar Quotes
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons!
Although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins.
If we would see the color of our future, we must look for it in our present; if we would gaze on the star of our destiny, we must look for it in our hearts.
It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God.
Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.
If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.
There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar.
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.
The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be, and was, addressed to the queenliest.
If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy.
Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers.
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost."