Most joyful let the Poet be, it is through him that all men see. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Real greatness has nothing to do with a man’s sphere. It does not lie in the magnitude of his outward agency, in… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Compassionate Saviour! We welcome Thee to our world, We welcome Thee to our hearts. We bless Thee for the Divine goodness Thou… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
No man receives the full culture of a man in whom the sensibility to the beautiful is not cherished; and there is… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand.… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with the superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in reach… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
No man receives the full culture of a man in whom the sensibility to the beautiful is not cherished; and there is no condition… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
“god be thanked for books. they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
