Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Hatred is self-punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

There is no such things as est in the world of individuals.

There is no such things as est in the world of individuals.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is...

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is...