Brooke Foss Westcott

“The Christian life is a long and continual tendency of our hearts toward that eternal goodness which we desire on earth.”

“The student of the Bible... must, not less than the student of chemistry, follow the lead of his facts.”

“Suffering is the touchstone of love.”

“The Incarnation is the central fact of history.”

“The end of all is an action, not a thought, though it were the noblest.”

“What we can do is a small thing; but we can do it.”

“Prophecy is not a predestined programme which we are compelled to fulfill. It is a revelation of the will of God, which we are enabled to fulfill.”

“Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher of love, the teacher of humility.”

“Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.”

“Life is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and leads all who accept it astray.”

“The world is a parable of the kingdom of heaven.”