Henry Ward Beecher ( 10 of 89 )
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy,
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are
filled with earthy and material things.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of read more
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when read more
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
