A church debt is the devil's salary.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up,...

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life