44 Quotes by Augustus Hare

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

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

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

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.

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

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

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

It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.