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If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.
Phillips Brooks
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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
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Joy in one's work is the consummate tool.
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It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened.
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The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.
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O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.
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So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light.
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For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all No palace too great, no cottage too small.
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Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him.
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Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.
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Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.
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Heaven does not make holiness, but holiness makes heaven.
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The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.
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Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power.
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Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
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