Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give.
Phillips BrooksWe are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.
Phillips BrooksThe man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.
Phillips BrooksLife comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.
Phillips BrooksO, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.
Phillips Brooks