Henry Ward Beecher ( 9 of 89 )
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.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.
We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the
everlasting wants of men, so that they shall read more
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the
everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them
as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and
feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones.
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a read more
A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on the Java: such a cup of coffee is a match for twenty blue devils and will exorcise them all.
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.