I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Mankind never loses any good thing, physical, intellectual, or moral, till it finds a better, and then the loss is a gain. No steps… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Manly natural religion - it is not joining the Church; it is not to believe in a creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian.… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
