The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...