William Ellery Channing Quotes
What distinguishes war is not that man is slain but that he is slain spoiled crushed by the cruelty the injustice the treachery the murderous hand of man.
The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush.
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own to be what no others are and to do what no other can do.
We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Difficulties are meant to rouse not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively he must think clearly to act nobly he must think nobly.
God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
It is a greater work to educate a child in the true and larger sense of the word than to rule a state.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
An earnest purpose finds time or makes it. It seizes on spare moments and turns fragments to golden account.
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
