16 Quotes & Sayings By William Temple

William Temple was a scholar of the 18th century and a bishop of the Church of England. Born in 1710, he was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1753. He described his own life as "a series of mistakes." On September 12, 1762, he was consecrated as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury for life with the title Lord Almoner, and given responsibility for funding and administering the charitable activities of the Church.

Art is the effort to appreciate and express the God...
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Art is the effort to appreciate and express the God who is its Beauty. William Temple
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Religion is what you do with your solitude. William Temple
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The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home. William Temple
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To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. William Temple
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If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all but it is sure to be there. William Temple
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When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't. William Temple
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The church exists for the sake of those outside it. William Temple
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That great artillery of God Almighty. William Temple
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Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both. William Temple
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The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. William Temple
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The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. William Temple
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The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home. William Temple
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Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy. William Temple
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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. William Temple
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The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. William Temple