Art is the effort to appreciate and express the God who is its Beauty.

— William Temple

If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all but it is certain to be there.

— William Temple

Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.

— William Temple

Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.

— William Temple

Religion is what you do with your solitude.

— William Temple

That great artillery of God Almighty.

— William Temple

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

— William Temple

The church exists for the sake of those outside it.

— William Temple

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

— William Temple

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

— William Temple