The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLeaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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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.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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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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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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