Jerome Lawrence Quotes

“He weighs the volume in his hand; this one has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notices the Bible on the JUDGE's bench. He picks up the Bible in his other hand; he looks from one volume to the other, balancing them thoughtfully, as if his hands were scales. He half-smiles, half-shrugs. Then DRUMMOND slaps the two books together and jams them in his brief case, side by side. Slowly, he climbs to the street level and crosses the empty square.”

“... something wholly new in religious thought. All other heavens have been gardens, dreamlands: passivities, more or less aimless. Even to the majority among ourselves, heaven is a siesta and not a city.The heaven of Christianity is different from all other heavens, because the religion of Christianity is different from all other religions. Christianity is the religion of cities. It moves among real things. Its sphere is the street, the market-place, the working life of the world... Try to restore the natural force of the expression - suppose John to have lived today and to have said 'I saw a new London.”

“Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.”

“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.”

“Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.”

“Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.”

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”

“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”

“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”