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.

— Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett Quotes

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice, or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

— Benjamin Jowett

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

— Benjamin Jowett
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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

— Benjamin Jowett

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.

— Benjamin Jowett

We can’t search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

— Benjamin Jowett

All translation is a compromise – the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

— Benjamin Jowett

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

— Benjamin Jowett

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

— Benjamin Jowett

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.

— Benjamin Jowett

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

— Benjamin Jowett

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

— Benjamin Jowett

Give the clergy your sympathy; don’t give them anything else.

— Benjamin Jowett

If you don’t find a God by five o’clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

— Benjamin Jowett

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.

— Benjamin Jowett

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

— Benjamin Jowett

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

— Benjamin Jowett

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

— Benjamin Jowett

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.

— Benjamin Jowett

Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

— Benjamin Jowett

Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

— Benjamin Jowett
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