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> [“Yes," he said, "in one sense, of course it is--utterly unreasonable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/yes-he-said-in-one-sense-of-course-it-is-utterly-unreasonable/)

[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/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hugh-benson/an-enormous-amount-of-energy-has-been-expended-uselessly-in-the-past/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“ 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/)

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> [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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