The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line. James Anthony Froude More Quotes by James Anthony Froude More Quotes From James Anthony Froude No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty James Anthony Froude twentiesagefeet 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 strengthrunninglying The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. James Anthony Froude superstitionsfaithscience 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 practicelawknows Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties. James Anthony Froude moralityaliveintellectual 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 ignorancemenbelieve 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 writingadventuremean 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 augustinepurposeplato 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 moralityobligationdivine 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 examplechristianmen There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease. James Anthony Froude epidemicswellsdisease 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 floweressenceself 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 nextopinionneeds 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 atheismchristianlong Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, James Anthony Froude passionagebears Thy plain and open nature sees mankind James Anthony Froude mankindappearance 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 attentionmentwo Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence. James Anthony Froude sequenceinevitablemerit To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair. James Anthony Froude despairhelpingmen
