Quotes from James Anthony Froude

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is .

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against the hardest creed.

Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.

The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.

We live merely on the crust or rind of things.

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.