Benjamin Jowett Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.”
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“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”
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“All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.”
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“Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.”
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“To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.”
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“We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.”
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“Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.”
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“If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.”
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“Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.”
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“I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.”
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“You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.”
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“My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.”
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“One man is as good as another until he has written a book.”
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“Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.”
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“Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.”
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“Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.”
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“There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.”
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“Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.”
-- Benjamin Jowett
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