Faith is spiritualized imagination.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHe is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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