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William Ellery Channing Quotes

«We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.»
«Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.»
«The more a person analyzes his inner self, the more insignificant he seems to himself. This is the first lesson of wisdom. Let us be humble, and we will become wise. Let us know our weakness, and it will give us power.»
«The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought»
«No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.»
«Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.»
«To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.»
«It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.»
«Beauty is an all-pervading presence. It unfolds to the numberless flowers of the Spring; it waves in the branches of the trees and in the green blades of grass; it haunts the depths of the earth and the sea, and gleams out in the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects, but the ocean, the mountains, the clouds, the heavens, the stars, the rising and the setting sun all overflow with beauty. The universe is its temple; and those people who are alive to it can not lift their eyes without feeling themselves encompassed with it on every side.»
«Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.»
Author: William Ellery Channing (Author, Clergyman) | About: Mind | Keywords: doomed, sinned

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