Julius Hare quotes

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. (Julius Hare)
The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones. View quote
Julius Hare
Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them. View quote
Julius Hare
Incentives to virtuous energy are a sort of moon to the moral world. Their borrowed light is but a dimmer substitute for the life-giving rays of religion. View quote
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If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to look for it in a stonequarry. But if you are building up your opinions for yourself, and only want to be provided with materials, you may meet with many things in these pages to suit you. View quote
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The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men. View quote
Julius Hare