Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowettwas renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth15 April 1817
feelings taste inscriptions
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
book men one-man
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
college scary afternoon
If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
truth lying character
There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
kindness justice action
We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.
effort language compromise
All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
life positive business
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
life beautiful work
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
educational men may
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
important world pushing
It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
peace kindness unique
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
real grace rolling
Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.
inspirational doors doubt
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
successful unnecessary precaution
Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.