Matthew Arnold ( 10 of 61 )
Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."
Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.
All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.
On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
But 'twas not read more
On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,
Fair child!--it was the bliss within.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
This strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims.
This strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims.
Christianity is a source; no one supply of water and refreshment that comes from it can be called the sum read more
Christianity is a source; no one supply of water and refreshment that comes from it can be called the sum of Christianity. It is a mistake, and may lead to much error, to exhibit any series of maxims, even those of the Sermon on the Mount, as the ultimate sum and formula into which Christianity may be run up.
We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are
here for, I do not read more
We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are
here for, I do not know.
And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once read more
And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once possess our soul / Before we die.
What then remains, but that we still should cry
Not to be born, or being born to die.
What then remains, but that we still should cry
Not to be born, or being born to die.
