What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

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 let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

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

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

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

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...

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...

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

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

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...

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 babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

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 head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.