3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks Christianity helps us face the music even when we don’t like the tune.
3 December 2020 Phillips Brooks To say, ‘well done’ to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
