William Temple
William Temple
William Temple quotes about
father inspiration heaven
Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a thing divine, and reserved for the felicities of heaven itself.
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.
heart imagination mind
To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.
worship intimacy persons
True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.
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
atheist knowing christianity
Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.
prayer coincidence praying
When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.
people charity poor
People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.
friendship true-friend medicine
The greatest medicine is a true friend.
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.