We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
Phillips BrooksRead
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the contrast between the weariness of the earth and the rejuvenating spirit of Christmas.
Phillips Brooks suggests that while the earth bears the weight of its troubles and the passage of time, the Christmas season brings a sense of renewal and youthfulness. It highlights the joy and hope that the holiday season instills in people, providing a reprieve from the burdens of everyday life.
Themes
ChristmasRenewalNatureHopeJoy
In practice
Example use cases
Use this quote during a holiday gathering to evoke the spirit of Christmas.
More from Phillips Brooks
All quotes βThe truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.
Phillips BrooksRead
To believe in the God over us and around us and not in the God within us - that would be a powerless and fruitless faith.
Phillips BrooksRead
To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
Phillips BrooksRead
Think of life as a voyage. The truest liver of the truest life is like a voyager who, as he sails, is not indifferent to all the beauty of the sea around him.
Phillips BrooksRead
It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.
Phillips BrooksRead
Similar quotes
Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed_x000D_ _x000D_ The speculating rooks at their nests cawed_x000D_ _x000D_ And saw from elm tops, delicate as flower of grass,_x000D_ _x000D_ What we below could not see, Winter pass.
Edward ThomasRead
The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind's music, medicine and knowledge.
Jay GriffithsRead
The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.
F. Scott FitzgeraldRead
If we all used clotheslines, we could save 30 million tons of coal a year, or shut down 15 nuclear power plants. And you don't have to wait to start. Yours could be up by this afternoon. To be specific, buy 50 feet of clothesline and a $3 bag of clothespins and become a solar energy pioneer.
Bill MckibbenRead
We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
James HansenRead
The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if we do not rapidly slow fossil-fuel emissions over the next few decades.
James HansenRead