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Phillips Brooks was an American clergyman, writer, and theologian, born on December 13, 1835, and died on January 23, 1893. He is known for his profound understanding of Christian faith and his contributions to religious literature.

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Famous Phillips Brooks Quotes

“Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present.”

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Book:Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermons

Source: Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermons

“Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants.”

Want Humans Helping Christ Mystery Life And Death Resurrection Transcendent

Book:The Joy of Preaching

Source: The Joy of Preaching

“Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.”

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Author:Phillips Brooks

“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.”

Ifs Knows Life Humans May Moments Light Humble Being True Despise Flash Shed Wisest Obedient God Life

Book:The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons

Source: The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons

“Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.”

Life Humans May Certain Names Quality Greatness Size Certainty Range Human Life Spite

Book:Sermons

Source: Sermons

“How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still, The dear Christ enters in.”

World Humans Heart May Stills Soul Given Heaven Christ Sin This World Blessing Ears Dear Human Heart Impart Meek

Book:Phillips Brooks Year Book: Selections from the Writings of the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks

Source: Phillips Brooks Year Book: Selections from the Writings of the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks

“Those who help a child help humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.”

Giving Humans Children Helping Humanity Given Stage Creatures Human Life

Book:Good Cheer for a Year: Selections

Source: Good Cheer for a Year: Selections

About the Author

Born: December 13, 1835
Died: January 23, 1893
Known for: Clergyman
Quotes: 139

Books & Sources

Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermonsRelated source material

SermonsRelated source material

Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermonsRelated source material

The Joy of PreachingRelated source material

The Consolations of God: Great Sermons of Phillips BrooksRelated source material

AddressesRelated source material

Phillips Brooks Year Book: Selections from the Writings of the Rt. Rev. Phillips BrooksRelated source material

Sermons: Sermons for the principal festivals and fasts of the church year, ed. by Rev John Cotton BrooksRelated source material

The Candle of the Lord: And Other SermonsRelated source material

The More Abundant Life: Lenten ReadingsRelated source material

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