“The temperate man is the strong man.”
Quotes by William De Witt Hyde
“The lazy man is the slave of his own feelings. His body is his master; not his servant. He is the slave of circumstances.”
“Christianity of this simple, vital sort is the world's salvation. Criticised by enemies and caricatured by friends; fossilised in the minds of the aged, and forced on the tongues of the immature; mingled with all manner of exploded superstition, false philosophy, science that is not so, and history that never happened; obscured under absurd rites; buried in incredible creeds; professed by hypocrites; discredited by sentimentalists; evaporated by mystics; stereotyped by literalists; monopolised by sacerdotalists; it has lived in spite of all the grave-clothes its unbelieving disciples have tried to wrap around it, and holds the keys of eternal life.”
William De Witt HydeWilliam De Witt Hyde was an influential American educator and academic leader, best known for his long tenure as president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Serving from 1885 until his death in ...