A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROf all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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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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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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