William Temple
William Temple
William Temple quotes about
heart self worship-music
Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His Beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose - and all of this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.
inspirational men littles
The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
glasses enemy firsts
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
next ingredients firsts
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
american-author conversation factors
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
alchemy american-author enthusiasm looked troubled
I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose.
health exercise men
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
friendship true-friend medicine
The greatest medicine is a true friend.
mean humility thinking-about-you
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.
people charity poor
People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.
prayer selfish answers
If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.
prayer coincidence praying
When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.
atheist knowing christianity
Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.
important tests helping
It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it