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> [“An enormous amount of energy has been expended uselessly in the past, in assaulting positions that are no longer held. For example, the old Protestant position of Justification by Faith only, has been practically relinquished long ago—at any rate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/an-enormous-amount-of-energy-has-been-expended-uselessly-in-the-past/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

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## More by Robert Hugh Benson

> [I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/i-think-that-the-insane-desire-one-has-sometimes-to-bang-and-kick/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“And now, you till come,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/and-now-you-till-come/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“An enormous amount of energy has been expended uselessly in the past, in assaulting positions that are no longer held. For example, the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/an-enormous-amount-of-energy-has-been-expended-uselessly-in-the-past/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [Society is not merely a select body of spiritual or intellectual persons, but a great organism composed of all kinds of members, a net…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/society-is-not-merely-a-select-body-of-spiritual-or-intellectual/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/it-is-only-the-souls-that-do-not-love-that-go-empty-in-this-world/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“It is possible to find within the limits of a stone’s throw one Anglican divine who preaches practically the entire cycle of Catholic doctrine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/it-is-possible-to-find-within-the-limits-of-a-stone-s-throw-one/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/ignorance-may-be-bliss-but-it-certainly-is-not-freedom-except-in-the/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“ O Deus Ego Amo Te Oh God, I love Thee mightily, Not only for Thy saving me, Nor yet because who love not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/o-deus-ego-amo-te-oh-god-i-love-thee-mightily-not-only-for-thy-saving/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [Love seeks not to possess, but to be possessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/love-seeks-not-to-possess-but-to-be-possessed/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/the-union-of-the-family-lies-in-love-and-love-is-the-only/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“ Wedding Hymn Father, within Thy House today We wait Thy kindly love to see; Since thou hast said in truth that they Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/wedding-hymn-father-within-thy-house-today-we-wait-thy-kindly-love-to/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [While friendship itself has an air of eternity about it, seeming to transcend all natural limits, there is hardly any emotion so utterly at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/while-friendship-itself-has-an-air-of-eternity-about-it-seeming-to/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [The Church must be intelligible to the simple as well as to the shrewd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/the-church-must-be-intelligible-to-the-simple-as-well-as-to-the-shrewd/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [“ A Halt Lie still, my soul, the Sun of Grace Is warm within this garden space Beneath tall kindly trees. The quiet light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/a-halt-lie-still-my-soul-the-sun-of-grace-is-warm-within-this-garden/)

[Robert Hugh Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hugh-benson/)

> [You can love a person deeply and sincerely whom you do not like. You can like a person passionately whom you do not love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/you-can-love-a-person-deeply-and-sincerely-whom-you-do-not-like-you/)

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