A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy. William Temple More Quotes by William Temple More Quotes From William Temple The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. William Temple health exercise men The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. William Temple next communication talking Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His Beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose - and all of this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin. William Temple worship-music self heart When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't. William Temple coincidence praying prayer Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. William Temple freedom humility mean The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. William Temple alcohol glasses enemy The greatest medicine is a true friend. William Temple true-friend medicine friendship It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it William Temple tests important helping If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there. William Temple selfish prayer answers To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. William Temple imagination mind heart People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor. William Temple charity poor people True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God. William Temple friendship-with-god intimacy worship The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. William Temple effectiveness inspirational men There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can be perverted by the selfishness of man. The Malvern Manifesto: Drawn up by a Conference of the Province of York, January 10, 1941; signed for the Conference by Temple, then Archbishop of York . William Temple society organization men We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives by love is saved by his faith in the God whose existence (under that name) he denies. William Temple atheist names love Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a thing divine, and reserved for the felicities of heaven itself. William Temple inspiration heaven father Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ. William Temple atheist knowing christianity Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both. William Temple learning wisdom want The greatest pleasure in life is love. William Temple engagement life-is sweet Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness. William Temple perpetual accounts science
