black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

Adam Clarke

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin – natural, which is common and the same to all – patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.
ADAM CLARKE

Common Considered Family Human Man Natural Origin Patronymic Race Same Twofold
The grand obstacle to the salvation of the scribes and Pharisees was their pride, vanity and self-love. They lived on each other’s praise. If they had acknowledged Christ as the only good teacher
ADAM CLARKE

Emotion God Man Pride Revelation Self Teacher Vanity
Al its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
ADAM CLARKE

Command Direct Exhortation Happy Man Promise Tendency Wise
It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing
ADAM CLARKE

Chance Ignorance Man Nature Philosophically Real Reason Strictly
They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
ADAM CLARKE

Believe God Nothing Pray Praying Soul State Trust
They must have given up the good opinion of the multitude; and they chose rather to lose their souls than to forfeit their reputation among men!
ADAM CLARKE

Forfeit Good Lose Multitude Opinion Reputation Soul
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.
ADAM CLARKE

Act Communicate Devotion Fault Great Happiness Happy Other Sacrifice Self
This is the case with thousands: they appear desirous of knowing the truth, but have not patience to wait in a proper way to receive an answer to their question.
ADAM CLARKE

Answer Appear God Knowing Name Particular Patience Person Remember Think Waiting
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
ADAM CLARKE

Assuming Deeply Dense Frequently Grab Humility Mask Pride Under
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect
ADAM CLARKE

Happiness Infinite Infinity Merit Perfect Purchased Value
Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
ADAM CLARKE

Consider Deeply Duty Holy Interest Read Scripture
To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
ADAM CLARKE

Assert Infinite More Perfection Source Suppose
Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
ADAM CLARKE

Christian InspirationalTongue Heart Prayer Require
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
ADAM CLARKE

Excellencies Immutable Infancy Man Mean Progress Watch
I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
ADAM CLARKE

Action Allow Energies Energy Faith Happiness Secret Stagnate Trust
The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea Islands.
ADAM CLARKE

Country Custom Discovered East Island Noticed Old Prevail Still Testament

To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Adam Clarke Quotes