Frederick William Faber, C.O. (1814–63,) was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic priesthood. His best known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Though he was a Roman Catholic writing for fellow Catholics at that point, many of his hymns today are sung by Protestant congregations.
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Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
—Frederick William Faber
Topics: Thinking, Thoughts, Thought
Kind words are the music of the world.
—Frederick William Faber
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
—Frederick William Faber
Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.
—Frederick William Faber
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