To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him. John Lancaster Spalding More Quotes by John Lancaster Spalding More Quotes From John Lancaster Spalding Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends. John Lancaster Spalding guides break ends A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun. John Lancaster Spalding hobbies views sun As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best. John Lancaster Spalding youth college children The fields and the flowers and the beautiful faces are not ours, as the stars and the hills and the sunlight are not ours, but they give us fresh and happy thoughts. John Lancaster Spalding stars flower beautiful If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own? John Lancaster Spalding littles giving men We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us. John Lancaster Spalding masters Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble. John Lancaster Spalding passion men children States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force. John Lancaster Spalding creating inspiration forever When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning. John Lancaster Spalding yearning enthusiasm morning Insight makes argument ridiculous. John Lancaster Spalding ridiculous argument insight What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best. John Lancaster Spalding loses enjoy possession It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way. John Lancaster Spalding right-way turns way Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind. John Lancaster Spalding mind may blood When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness. John Lancaster Spalding false-witness witness bears Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle. John Lancaster Spalding battle office athlete The important thing is how we know, not what or how much. John Lancaster Spalding important-things important knows The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas. John Lancaster Spalding common men ideas The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect. John Lancaster Spalding neglect educate important If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain. John Lancaster Spalding vain failing dull In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed. John Lancaster Spalding compulsion and-love purpose
