James Freeman Clarke Quotes
Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.
We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.
Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.
Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.
Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.
Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.
When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.
He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.
Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty.
It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.
Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.