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

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...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

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...

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger....

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger....

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

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.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, but not stupid enough to trust you...

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, but not stupid enough to trust you...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...