Maxioms by William Ellery Channing
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly read more
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
