All William Temple Quotes
- The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. Enemies
- The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. Conversation
- People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor. Charity
- Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both. Among
- We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives by… Atheism
- Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a thing divine, and reserved for… Contemplation
- The greatest pleasure in life is love. Engagement
- I prefer a God who once and for all impressed his will upon creation, to one who continually busied about modifying what he had already… All
- Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness. Inspirational
- The greatest medicine is a true friend. Friend
- There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can be… All
- The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to… Alone
- A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy. Best
- The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. Abstinence
- Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. Among
- There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on… Cannot Live
- When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored… All
- No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. Anything Else
- The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did… Case
- Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot… Air