The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
To rejoice in another prosperity, is to give content to your own lot: to mitigate another grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share
