Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookswas an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
greatness names quality
Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.
thinking vacation sea
Think of life as a voyage. The truest liver of the truest life is like a voyager who, as he sails, is not indifferent to all the beauty of the sea around him.
life honesty grateful
Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.
courage independent independence
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.
christmas xmas joy
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.
feet fields may
The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.
christian jesus humanity
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
over-you other-half half
When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.
unbearable tomorrow burden
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.
soul body earth
To whatever world He carries our souls when they shall pass out of these imprisoning bodies, in those worlds these souls of ours shall find themselves part of the same great temple; for it belongs not to this earth alone.
soul way pillars
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.
faith demand obedience
The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it.
secret wickedness may
The form of godliness may exist with secret and with open wickedness, but the power of godliness cannot.
heaven doe holiness
Heaven does not make holiness, but holiness makes heaven.