William Batchelder Greene

Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not.

— William Batchelder Greene

The Ideal is the invisible Sun which is always on the meridian of the soul.

— William Batchelder Greene

Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown.

— William Batchelder Greene

Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep.

— William Batchelder Greene

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts…

— William Batchelder Greene

Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide…

— William Batchelder Greene

Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft…

— William Batchelder Greene

For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death…

— William Batchelder Greene

Some fearful sights there be that creep By night - I mean that harass sleep; But tenfold more alarming seem these when…

— William Batchelder Greene

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend…

— William Batchelder Greene

Like a goddess on her azure hill, the star of my ambition, the mistress of my dream; a thing apart, that we…

— William Batchelder Greene

What is it to be rich? It is to have an assured income in excess of expenditures, and to have no occasion…

— William Batchelder Greene

All men, and all created nature, have been at work, from the beginning of time to this day, to produce the circumstances…

— William Batchelder Greene

Faith is from within; it is the outbreaking of human spontaneity; it is force of soul, grandeur of sentiment, magnanimity, generosity, courage.…

— William Batchelder Greene

Thou slanting rain! Thou Hebe of the Skies, That pours out drink to Earth; thou faithful wife That with moist tears embraces…

— William Batchelder Greene

The Federal Government is rendered weak to do wrong, and powerful to do right: for, as soon as it begins to go…

— William Batchelder Greene

Without doubt, matter is unlimited in extent, and, in this sense, infinite; and the forces of Nature mould it into an innumerable…

— William Batchelder Greene

Thou Moon! Sun of the Night, Sister mystic of the Day; Look down, pause in thy flight! Calm me with thy aural…

— William Batchelder Greene

The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not…

— William Batchelder Greene

God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence;…

— William Batchelder Greene

Society established gold and silver as a circulating medium and as a legal tender in order that exchanges of commodities might be…

— William Batchelder Greene

If it be true that God and man are in one image or likeness (and the affirmation that they are so is…

— William Batchelder Greene

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed…

— William Batchelder Greene

Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they…

— William Batchelder Greene

Society is older than government. But every persisting society implies the existence of government and laws; for a society without government and…

— William Batchelder Greene

Reviving Spring, a toast to thy fresh lips! Thy blush is music, and e'en heaven lurks In thy thick perfumed hair that…

— William Batchelder Greene

Marriage may be polygamic, monogamic, polyandric, complex according to the Oneida pattern, or other, and is true marriage (I do not say…

— William Batchelder Greene

Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a…

— William Batchelder Greene