18 Quotes by Richard Chenevix Trench

Twelve legions girded with angelic swordWere at his beck, the scorned and buffeted:He healed another's scratch; his own side bled,Side, feet, and hands, with cruel piercings gored.Oh wonderful the wonders left undone!And scarce less wonderful than those he wrought; Oh self-restraint, passing human thought,To have all power, and be as having none; Oh self-denying love, which felt aloneFor needs of others, never for its own.

Prayer is not getting man’s will done in heaven, but getting God’s will done on earth. It is not overcoming God’s reluctance but laying hold of God’s willingness.

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

The sin of pride is the sin of sins; in which all subsequent sins are included, as in their germ; they are but the unfolding of this one.

None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.

Language is the close-fitting dress of thought.

Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.

For we must share, if we would keep, that blessing from above; ceasing to give, we cease to have; such is the law of love.

All beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone Sweet music, as our wisest Poet spake, Because in us keen longings they awake.