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
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. – Phillips Brooks
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness. – Phillips Brooks