The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The more man becomes irradiated with Divinity, the more, not the less, truly he is man. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The more man becomes irradiated with the Divinity of Christ, the more, not the less, truly he is man. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Up and down our lives obedient Walk, dear Christ, with footsteps radiant, Till those garden lives shall be Fair with duties done… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
He who thinks that he is being released from the work, and not set free in order that he may accomplish that… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
O Risen Christ! O Easter Flower! How dear Thy Grace has grown! From east to west, with loving power, Make all the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy,… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
“The danger facing all of us--let me say it again, for one feels it tremendously--is not that we shall make an absolute failure of… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
It is God's world still. It has been given to man not absolutely, but in trust, that man may work out in it the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share
