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

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You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

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...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

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.

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.

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

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...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

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

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

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

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...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the...

What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the...

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...