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
The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
You can imagine thistle-down so light that when you run after it your running motion would drive it away from you, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In a great affliction there is no light either in the stars or in the sun; for when the inward light is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Oh, ye infidel philosophers, teach me how to find joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, and light in darkest days; how to… — 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
Like the cellar-growing vine is the Christian who lives in the darkness and bondage of fear. But let him go forth, with… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power… — 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
There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many… — 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
The clearest window that ever was fashioned if it is barred by spiders' webs, and hung over with carcasses of insects, so… — 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
