William Temple
William Temple
american-author bred easily man men
Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.
men organization society
There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can be perverted by the selfishness of man. The Malvern Manifesto: Drawn up by a Conference of the Province of York, January 10, 1941; signed for the Conference by Temple, then Archbishop of York .
friendship best-friend men
A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.
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.
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.
american-author care falls human life played quiet till
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
american-author beauty destroy discourage unless using
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
american-author great
No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
ages american-author chief esteem stamp
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.
american-author case create creation god permission permit problem
The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?
american-author best folly wisdom worst
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
american-author cannot creature neither nor receiving sensible
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
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.
american-author hard
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.