Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here? — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, the more vital Godliness has declined. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
