Loving is like music. Some instruments can go up two octaves, some four, and some all the way from black thunder to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When there is love in the heart, there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
But there have been human hearts, constituted just like ours, for six thousand years. The same stars rise and set upon this… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If every child might live the life predestined in a mother's heart, all the way from the cradle to the coffin, he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man ever learned to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, in a day. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Not thine the sorrow, but ours, sainted soul! Thou hast indeed entered into the promised land, while we are yet on the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war,… — 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
