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
book men one-man
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
men air oxford
Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.
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.
plato play bears
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
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.
children believe dear-god
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
way able selling
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.
peace past want
I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
science research excuse
Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
college scary afternoon
If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
successful unnecessary precaution
Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
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.