Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith. James Anthony Froude More Quotes by James Anthony Froude More Quotes From James Anthony Froude But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side. James Anthony Froude strength running lying The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. James Anthony Froude superstitions faith science We live merely on the crust or rind of things. James Anthony Froude life Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys. James Anthony Froude practice law knows Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties. James Anthony Froude morality alive intellectual The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line. James Anthony Froude ciphers morality lines I believe that fallen creatures perish, perish for ever, for only good can live, and good has not been theirs; but how durst men forge our Saviour's words "eternal death " into so horrible a meaning? And even if he did use other words, and seem to countenance such a meaning for them (and what witness have we that He did, except that of men whose ignorance or prejudice might well have interpreted these words wrongly as they did so many others? James Anthony Froude ignorance men believe I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging. James Anthony Froude writing adventure mean I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it. James Anthony Froude augustine purpose plato Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be. James Anthony Froude morality obligation divine Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object; the religion of Christ ended with his life , and left us instead but the Christian religion. James Anthony Froude example christian men There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease. James Anthony Froude epidemics wells disease The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower. James Anthony Froude flower essence self We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next. James Anthony Froude next opinion needs I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this. James Anthony Froude atheism christian long Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, James Anthony Froude passion age bears Thy plain and open nature sees mankind James Anthony Froude mankind appearance A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them. James Anthony Froude attention men two Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence. James Anthony Froude sequence inevitable merit To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair. James Anthony Froude despair helping men
