Quote by Phillips Brooks
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his

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

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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks

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