To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

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...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

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...

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

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

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

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...

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

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...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.