Augustus Hare Quotes & Sayings

“Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.”

“It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.”

“Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.”

“The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.”

“Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.”

“The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.”

“What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.”

“Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?”

“The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.”

“As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.”