Quotes from benson robert hugh ii

There are few catastrophes so great and irremediable as those that follow an excess of zeal.

It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world.

There are two great gifts, or faculties, by which men attain to truth: faith and reason.

There was no God but man, no priest but the politician, no prophet but the schoolmaster.

But will science ever account for it all? That I leave to God.

There is no arguing with people who say that, since there is nothing but Nature, no process can be other than natural. There is no sign, even from heaven, that could break down the intellectual prejudice of such people. If they saw Jesus Christ Himself in glory, they could always say that "at present science cannot account for the phenomenon of a luminous body apparently seated upon a throne, but no doubt it will do so in the course of time."

The essence of a perfect friendship is that each friend reveals himself utterly to the other, flings aside his reserves and shows himself for what he truly is.

We believe, it seems, where we ought to reason. We reason where we ought to believe. We believe too blindly and not blindly enough. We reason too closely and not closely enough.

God is the one and only Absolute Beauty.

The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty.

In the ages of faith a very inadequate grasp of religion would pass muster; in these searching days none but the humble and the pure could stand the test for long, unless indeed they were protected by a miracle of ignorance.