Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Quote by William Ellery Channing

Topics: Faith Quotes, Love Quotes

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

True love is the parent of humility.

True love is the parent of humility.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what...

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what...

True love is the parent of humility

True love is the parent of humility

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by...

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by...

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended...

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended...

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

Not everything you want is everything you really need. The standard of society is motivated...

Not everything you want is everything you really need. The standard of society is motivated...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...