Frederick William Robertson Quotes about Truth

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It is not the number of books you read; nor the variety of sermons which you hear; nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix: but it is the frequency and the earnestness with which you meditate on these

It is not the number of books you read; nor the variety of sermons which you hear; nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix: but it is the frequency and the earnestness with which you meditate on these things, till the truth which may be in them becomes your own, and part of your own being, that ensures your spiritual growth.

Frederick William Robertson

Truth, Book, Learning

"Sermons".

In all matters of eternal truth, the soul is before the intellect; the things of God are spiritually discerned. You know truth by being true; you recognize God by being like Him.

Frederick William Robertson

Truth, Soul, Matter

Frederick William Robertson (1873). “Sermons Preached at Brighton”, p.413

There is an inward state of the heart which makes truth credible the moment it is stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. Love is credible to a loving heart; purity is credible to a pure mind; life is credible to a spirit in which life beats strongly it is incredible to other men.

Frederick William Robertson

Truth, Heart, Love Is

Frederick William Robertson (1873). “Sermons Preached at Brighton”, p.424

He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise.

Frederick William Robertson

Lonely, Truth, Two

Frederick William Robertson (1867). “Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton”, p.135