How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still, The dear Christ enters in.
Phillips BrooksThe essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.
Phillips BrooksSociety does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself.
Phillips Brooks