Skip to content

The infidelity that springs from the heart is not to be reached by a course of lectures on the evidences of Christianity; argument did not cause, and argument will not remove it.

— Mark Hopkins Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Another quote →

More quotes by Mark Hopkins

All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.

Certainly, no revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the words of Jesus Christ.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Whatever capacities there may be for enjoyment or for suffering in this strange being of ours, and God only knows what they are, they will be drawn out wholly in accordance with character.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

All Mark Hopkins quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Mark Hopkins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.