Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. Julius Charles Hare More Quotes by Julius Charles Hare More Quotes From Julius Charles Hare Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children! Julius Charles Hare light children people The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one. Julius Charles Hare best-things very-good next A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. Julius Charles Hare prosperity adversity mind Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone. Julius Charles Hare sight mean hands Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain. Julius Charles Hare psychology theater actors To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so. Julius Charles Hare serious kind people Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power. Julius Charles Hare greatness facts people The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones. Julius Charles Hare black white mind If your divines are not philosophers, your philosophy will neither be divine, nor able to divine. Julius Charles Hare philosopher able philosophy The business of philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature. Julius Charles Hare human-nature humans philosophy What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband. Julius Charles Hare husband together running By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now. Julius Charles Hare virtue purity brave Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself. Julius Charles Hare intelligence parent wisdom True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it. Julius Charles Hare shining eye heaven The virtue of Christianity is obedience. Julius Charles Hare obedience virtue christianity The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men. Julius Charles Hare truths greatest simplest men
