Love Of Truth Quotes by Theodore Parker

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

— Theodore Parker

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

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I…

— Theodore Parker

For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.

— Theodore Parker

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.

— Theodore Parker

Science is the natural ally of religion.

— Theodore Parker

The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home.

— Theodore Parker

The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.

— Theodore Parker

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

— Theodore Parker

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