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 courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us so different. So will the best harmony come out of seeming discords, the best affection out of differences, the best life out of struggle, and the best work will be done when each does his… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share
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
