Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived, and to us the most interesting specimen of Divine wisdom that we have any knowledge of. Richard Whately More Quotes by Richard Whately More Quotes From Richard Whately To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air. Richard Whately words-of-wisdom passion air Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. Richard Whately curiosity parent memories To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Richard Whately ploughing curiosity science A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Richard Whately selfish helping-others men He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. Richard Whately effort failure Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months. Richard Whately flower nuts years It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly. Richard Whately should blessing men Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. Richard Whately honesty truth men Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. Richard Whately influence manners men It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. Richard Whately rebuilding wisdom wise To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. Richard Whately thinking-about-you perfection way Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong. Richard Whately persecution Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. Richard Whately good-morning up-early good-day A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. Richard Whately giving men children Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice; but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all. Richard Whately block rude needs When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the sign and accompaniment of his success in doing service to the public. And if he is a truly wise man, he will take no more notice of it than the moon does of the howling of the dogs. Her only answer to them is to shine on. Richard Whately moon wise dog Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any. Richard Whately care may character Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil. Richard Whately necessary-evil evil sometimes It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a book, without really studying it at all,--that is, without employing the thoughts on the subject. Richard Whately study heart book Sophistry, like poison, is at once detected and nauseated, when presented to us in a concentrated form; but a fallacy which, when stated barely in a few sentences, would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world, if diluted in a quarto volume. Richard Whately poison half children
