Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
To believe in the God over us and around us and not in the God within us - that would be a… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
There are passages of the Bible that are soiled forever by the touches of the hands of ministers who delight in the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
“There is one universal religion, Helen - the religion of Love. Love your Heavenly Father with your whole heart and soul, love… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
You may look through the streets of heaven, asking each how they came to b there, and you will look in vain… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy,… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
“The danger facing all of us--let me say it again, for one feels it tremendously--is not that we shall make an absolute failure of… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
