Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

William Cowper · Olney Hymns, 35, Light Shining out of Darkness

Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.

William Cowper · The Task, VI, Winter Walk at Noon

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

William Cowper · Conversation (1782)

Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.

William Cowper · Retirement (1782)

More Faith Quotes

We are in God’s hand.

William Shakespeare · King Henry V (1598–1599), III, vi

Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.

Arthur Hugh Clough

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Often credited to Gautama Buddha · Found in no Buddhist scripture; the nearest canonical line, in the Udana, says a person searching the world finds no one dearer than himself, and this self-love version first appears in print in 2001, with a near-identical earlier form credited to the meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg.

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“Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.”

“Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.”

“A fool must now and then be right, by chance.”

“Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.”

“We are in God’s hand.”

“Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”