Phillips Brooks

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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

— Phillips Brooks

#divinity #exaltation #humanity #jesus #jesus christ

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#before #blooms #comes #full #hills

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#made #see #set #then #you

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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

— Phillips Brooks

#define #emphasize #everything #life #must

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

— Phillips Brooks

#change #creed #every #opinions #them

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

— Phillips Brooks

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It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#does #great #great men #great things #men

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

#great #life #little #meaning #patiently