Top 25 Quotes by Thomas Guthrie of 29 - Page 2

The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale thought sits on manly brows, and the watchman, as he walks his rounds, sees the student's

The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale thought sits on manly brows, and the watchman, as he walks his rounds, sees the student's lamp burning far into the silent night.

Thomas Guthrie

Night, Age, Lamps

Thomas Guthrie (1857). “The city, its sins and sorrows: being a series of sermons from Luke XIX.41”, p.17

The new novel is sought more eagerly, and devoured more greedily, the New Testament.

Thomas Guthrie

New Testament, Novel, Testament

Thomas Guthrie (1874). “The Gospel in Ezekiel: A Series of Discourses”, p.307

Perhaps God does with His heavenly garden as we do with our own. He may chiefly stock it from nurseries, and select for transplanting what is yet in its young and tender age--flowers before they have bloomed and trees ere they begin to bear.

Thomas Guthrie

Flower, Garden, Tree

Thomas Guthrie (1874). “The Gospel in Ezekiel: A Series of Discourses”, p.269