John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spaldingwas an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 June 1840
CountryUnited States of America
thinking years interesting
It is not difficult to grasp and express thoughts that float on the stream of current opinion: but to think and rightly utter what is permanently true and interesting, what shall appeal to the best minds a thousand years hence, as it appeals to them to-day, this is the work of genius.
wise art thinking
If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.
thinking hateful speak
As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.
philosophical thinking wish
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?
thinking flow form
What we think out for ourselves forms channels in which other thoughts will flow.
thinking self ill-will
To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many.
thinking and-love would-be
Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.
thinking imagine
The more we live with what we imagine others think of us, the less we live with truth.
wise eye exercise
A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when others make him a subject whereon to exercise their wit.
spring love-is joy
Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.
principles
Base thy life on principle, not on rules.
vanity despair doctrine
The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.
important important-things knows
The important thing is how we know, not what or how much.
athlete office battle
Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.