True obedience is true freedom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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