What did Frederick William Robertson mean by: Mourning after an absent God is an evidence of a love as strong, as rejoicing in a present one. Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland Copy
Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God’s will. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Faith, Prayer, Surrender, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Future, Ownership, Past, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Christian, Forgiveness, Revenge, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
That friend, given to you by circumstances over which you have not control, was God’s own gift. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Fate, Friendship, Gratitude, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Christianity, Holiness, Transformation, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
It is not the situation which makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Character, Influence, Responsibility, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
+ Poetry creates life; Science dissects death. Author, September 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Creativity, Exploration, Mortality, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederick William Robertson, Devotion, Love, Prayer, 0 Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
