18 Quotes by Julius Charles Hare

Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power.

To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!

Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu, – very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.

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