Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a great man by a discriminating criticism. Hero-worship, which paints a faultless monster, whom the world never saw, is… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you. — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
He who never looks up to a living God, to a heavenly presence, loses the power of perceiving that presence, and the universe slowly… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows. — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ...… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
“If you will only consider, you will remember many a person of whom the world never heard and will never hear, whose years have… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Submission to duty and God gives the highest energy. He, who has done the greatest work on earth, said that He came down from… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today. — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
