There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Joy Quotes, Sorrow Quotes, Tenderness Quotes

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

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...

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

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

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

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...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

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...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Independence is happiness.

Independence is happiness.