William Temple

“The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.”

“When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.”

“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself. It means thinking of yourself less.”

“The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.”

“My worth is what I am worth to God; and that is a marvelous great deal, for Christ died for me.”

“To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.”

“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.”

“The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.”

“The right to a voice in the government is not a civic right; it is a human right.”

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”

“There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.”

“The universe is the art of God.”