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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.

William Jennings Bryan

Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Connection Money Soul Temptation
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Myself Swallow
Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Evolution Heart Mindset Open Plain Science Spiritual Truth
When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Blessing Enjoyment Government Man Ourselves Pay Share Willing
Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Belief God Heart Thinking Universe
Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Blood Constant Freedom Government
Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Combination Estate Investment Reality Rise Save
None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Active Burden Enjoyment Life
There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Attention Discussion Drawn Greatness Settle
We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Live Ourselves Rest
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Advance Common Interest Obstruction Oneself Selfish Truth
Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Continue Hesitation Labor Moments Oneself Struggle Success Watch
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Civilization Himself Respect Right Teaching
When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Accomplishment Believe Sincerity Success Willing Wrong
Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Atheist Civil Religion Right Teaching
Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Forever Invisible Mystery Patriotism