Deficiency Quotes by Tryon Edwards

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

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

— Tryon Edwards

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain

— Tryon Edwards

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

— Tryon Edwards

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

— Tryon Edwards

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

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

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

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

— Tryon Edwards

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

— Tryon Edwards

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

Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

— Tryon Edwards

No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

— Tryon Edwards

My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.

— Tryon Edwards

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