Benjamin Jowett Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge. — Benjamin Jowett

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

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

Atheism or similar charges was not unusual among intellectuals, nor condemned by the masses. The prize-winning plays of Aristophanes were not merely atheist, but made fun of the gods and their prophets and oracles. — Benjamin Jowett

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been. — Benjamin Jowett

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard. — Benjamin Jowett

The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money. — Benjamin Jowett

Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. — Benjamin Jowett

If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college. — Benjamin Jowett

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit of doing them — Benjamin Jowett

I am not blaming the past ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future. — Benjamin Jowett

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say. — 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

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else. — Benjamin Jowett

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

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

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

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

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. — 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

Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place. — Benjamin Jowett

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