To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. – Phillips Brooks
Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power. – Phillips Brooks
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – 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
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery