I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

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.

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...

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Repentance is another name for aspiration

Repentance is another name for aspiration

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

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...

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.