Bishop Robert South

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

— Bishop Robert South

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

— Bishop Robert South

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

— Bishop Robert South

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

— Bishop Robert South

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

— Bishop Robert South

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

— Bishop Robert South

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

— Bishop Robert South

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.

— Bishop Robert South

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.

— Bishop Robert South

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

— Bishop Robert South