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 BrooksThe more man becomes irradiated with Divinity, the more, not the less, truly he is man.
Phillips BrooksNever fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.
Phillips BrooksI would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.
Phillips Brooks