The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden. – Phillips Brooks
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. – 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. – Phillips Brooks
I love the game, its the greatest game on earth, thats why I cant understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? Thats the beauty of baseball. There is no time element. – Eric Davis