Henry Ward Beecher

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad read more

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.