Benjamin Jowett Quotes

• You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in God, Religion, Spirituality

  Tags in Believe

• We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Health, Justice

• My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in God

  Tags in Believe

• Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Doubt, Inquiry

• Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Explain, Retreat

• Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Logic

• One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good, Man

• There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants – more than anything else – to become rich. As long as they don’t have the money, it’ll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they’ll understand how important other things are – and have always been.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thinking, Defect

• Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Idleness, Research

• To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Man, Grow

• The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Achievement, Society

• Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Life, Mistake

• Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Feeling

• You’ve got to be success minded. You’ve got to feel that things are coming your way when you’re out selling; otherwise, you won’t be able to sell anything.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Feel

• The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Credit, Get, Gets, Done, Things, Way, Them, Mind

• We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Topics in Health, Justice, Kindness, Knowledge

  Tags in Learning, Wealth

Benjamin Jowett (16)

Birth:	15th April, 1817
Death:	1st October, 1893
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Theologian

About

Benjamin Jowett was born in Camberwell, London. His father was from a Yorkshire family that, for three generations, had been supporters of the Evangelical movement in the Church of England. His mother was a Langhorne, related to John Langhorne, the poet and translator of Plutarch. At twelve, Jowett was placed on the foundation of St Paul's School, and at age 18 he obtained an open scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford, where he remained for the rest of his life.

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