“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… — William Temple Copy Share Image
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… — William Temple Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means… — William Temple Copy Share Image
Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows… — William Temple Copy Share Image
There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can… — William Temple Copy Share Image
Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ. — William Temple Copy Share Image
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. — William Temple Copy Share Image
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. — William Temple Copy Share Image
We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives… — William Temple Copy Share Image
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… — William Temple Copy Share Image
“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.” — William Temple Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests… — William Temple Copy Share Image
