Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we… — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome… — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it. — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity… — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black… — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness… — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
If your divines are not philosophers, your philosophy will neither be divine, nor able to divine. — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain. — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children! — Julius Charles Hare Copy Share Image
