Quotes from James Freeman Clarke

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.

It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.

A politician thinks of the next election a statesman of the next generation.

When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

The atheist has no hope.

It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.

Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

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

All the strength and force of man come from his faith in things unseen.

See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.