James Freeman Clarke
James Freeman Clarke
James Freeman Clarkewas an American theologian and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth4 April 1810
CountryUnited States of America
conscience courage man obey root
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
courage individual conscience
The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.
courage roots conscience
Conscience is the root of all true courage.
courage law faithful
This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth and right on small occasions and common events. Third, by trusting in God for help and power.
life courage men
Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.
good happiness
See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.
running selfish taken
If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of thought and action; we find new elements of our nature called into activity; we are no longer running along a narrow track of selfish habit.
trust brother trust-in-god
When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.
time phrases use
In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which it brings to us, by changing it into something definite and eternal. There is a deep meaning in this phrase of the apostle, to redeem time. We redeem time, and do not merely use it. We transform it into eternity by living it aright.
philosophy two religion
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.
years soul progress
Progress, in the sense of acquisition, is something; but progress in the sense of being, is a great deal more. To grow higher, deeper, wider, as the years go on; to conquer difficulties, and acquire more and more power; to feel all one's faculties unfolding, and truth descending into the soul,--this makes life worth living.
roots doe culture
Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.
pain book blessing
When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books.
atheist atheism no-hope
The atheist has no hope.