James Freeman Clarke
James Freeman Clarke
James Freeman Clarkewas an American theologian and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth4 April 1810
CountryUnited States of America
hero men light
Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a great man by a discriminating criticism. Hero-worship, which paints a faultless monster, whom the world never saw, is like those modern pictures which are a blaze of light without any shadow.
men unseen-things wavering
All the strength and force of man come from his faith in things unseen.
life men praying
It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.
believe men essence
He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.
character mean men
Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.
life courage men
Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.
good happiness
See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.
conscience courage man obey root
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
running selfish taken
If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of thought and action; we find new elements of our nature called into activity; we are no longer running along a narrow track of selfish habit.
trust brother trust-in-god
When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.
art mind sorrow
The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.
courage individual conscience
The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.
fall dark sunshine
Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty.
light darkness looks
He who never looks up to a living God, to a heavenly presence, loses the power of perceiving that presence, and the universe slowly turns into a dead machine, clashing and grinding on, without purpose or end. If the light within us be darkness, how great is that darkness!