There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and…

Phillips Brooks
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There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it may not hope to shed some of His light. There is no life so meager that the greatest and wisest of us can afford to despise it. We cannot know at what moment it may flash forth with the life of God. ✨ Phillips Brooks (1881). The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons
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Christianity knows no truth which is not the child of love and the parent of duty.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. ✨ Phillips Brooks (1886). Visions and Tasks: Sermons Fourth Series
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything. ✨ Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermons
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without. ✨ Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons

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