William Ellery Channing ( 10 of 16 )
Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.
Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.
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.
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me,
If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me,
If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.
Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.
Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
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.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
