James Martineau Quotes

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.
James Martineau

Good, Great, History

Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.
James Martineau

God, Living, Though

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
James Martineau

Sympathy, Memory, Grief

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.
James Martineau

Music, Religion, Poetry

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.
James Martineau

Religion, God, Mind

The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
James Martineau

God, True, Christ

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
James Martineau

Child, Match, Priest

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: April 21, 1805

Died: January 11, 1900

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