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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-is-no-structural-organization-of-society-which-can-bring-about/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

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## More by William Temple

> [Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/humility-does-not-mean-thinking-less-of-yourself-than-other-people/)

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> [Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/our-present-time-is-indeed-a-criticizing-and-critical-time-hovering/)

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> [There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-is-no-structural-organization-of-society-which-can-bring-about/)

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> [Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/christianity-founds-hospitals-and-atheists-are-cured-in-them-never/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-only-way-for-a-rich-man-to-be-healthy-is-by-exercise-and/)

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> [Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/learning-passes-for-wisdom-among-those-who-want-both/)

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> [A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/a-man-s-wisdom-is-his-best-friend-folly-his-worst-enemy/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-first-ingredient-in-conversation-is-truth-the-next-good-sense-the/)

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> [We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/we-shall-say-without-hesitation-that-the-atheist-who-is-moved-by-love/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-cannot-live-a-more-unhappy-creature-than-an-ill-natured-old-man/)

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> [“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-a-great-mistake-to-think-that-god-is-chiefly-concerned-with-our/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-sometimes-said-that-conduct-is-supremely-important-and-worship/)

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> [People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/people-that-trust-wholly-to-other-s-charity-and-without-industry-of/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/books-like-proverbs-receive-their-chief-value-from-the-stamp-and/)

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> [Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/science-has-its-being-in-a-perpetual-mental-restlessness/)

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