James Freeman Clarke: Quotes about life

James Freeman Clarke was American theologian and writer. Explore interesting quotes on life.
James Freeman Clarke: 30 quotes1 like

“Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us so different. So will the best harmony come out of seeming discords, the best affection out of differences, the best life out of struggle, and the best work will be done when each does his own work, and lets every one else do and be what God made him for.”

James Freeman Clarke

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 106.

“Progress, in the sense of acquisition, is something; but progress in the sense of being, is a great deal more. To grow higher, deeper, wider, as the years go on; to conquer difficulties, and acquire more and more power; to feel all one's faculties unfolding, and truth descending into the soul, — this makes life worth living.”

James Freeman Clarke

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 565.

“As the days of spring arouse all nature to a green and growing vitality, so when hope enters the soul it makes all things new. It insures the progress which it predicts. Rooted in faith, growing up into love; these make the three immortal graces of the gospel, whose intertwined arms and concurrent voices shed joy and peace over our human life.”

James Freeman Clarke

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 328.

“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.”

James Freeman Clarke