Going out into life--that is dying. Christ is the door out of life. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Take from the Bible the Godship of Christ, and it would be but a heap of dust. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Christ is risen! There is life, therefore, after death! His resurrection is the symbol and pledge of universal resurrection! — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Where human life needs most sympathy, where usually it is the most barren, there it is that Christ is more likely to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men who neglect Christ, and try to win heaven through moralities, are like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull, some… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image