Philip James Bailey Quotes
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Blest is he whose heart is the home of the great dead and their great thoughts.
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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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Every believer is God's miracle.
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Not a single path Of thought I tread, but that it leads to God.
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England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!
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The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
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Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render their purposes indistinct.
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The long days are no happier than the short ones.
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The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.
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Men might be better if we better deemed Of them. The worst way to improve the worldIs to condemn it.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.
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Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.
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Men might be better if we better deemed of them.
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Life hath more awe than death.
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A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.
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Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
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He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
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Let us think less of men and more of God.
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The world will tolerate many vices, but not their diminutives.