Friendship Quote by William Temple

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means…

— William Temple

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows…

— William Temple

There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can…

— William Temple

Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.

— William Temple

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

— William Temple

Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.

— William Temple

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

— William Temple

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

— William Temple

We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives…

— William Temple

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…

— William Temple

“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.”

— William Temple

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests…

— William Temple