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> [Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/nature-is-man-s-religious-book-with-lessons-for-every-day/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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> [If belief in the miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New is required to make a man religious, then Franklin had no religion at all. It would be an insult to say that he believed in the popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/if-belief-in-the-miraculous-revelation-of-the-old-testament-and-the/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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## More by Theodore Parker

> [That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/that-which-is-called-liberality-is-frequently-nothing-more-than-the/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/every-man-has-at-times-in-his-mind-the-ideal-of-what-he-should-be-but/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/i-do-not-pretend-to-understand-the-moral-universe-the-arc-is-a-long/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/for-a-thousand-years-no-king-in-christendom-has-shown-such-greatness/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/let-us-do-our-duty-in-our-shop-or-our-kitchen-in-the-market-the/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/temperance-is-corporeal-piety-it-is-the-preservation-of-divine-order/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [Science is the natural ally of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/science-is-the-natural-ally-of-religion/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/the-lottery-of-honest-labor-drawn-by-time-is-the-only-one-whose/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/the-joy-of-heaven-will-begin-as-soon-as-we-attain-the-character-of/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/the-books-that-help-you-the-most-are-those-which-make-you-think-the/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/mankind-never-loses-any-good-thing-physical-intellectual-or-moral/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [Manly natural religion - it is not joining the Church; it is not to believe in a creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/manly-natural-religion-it-is-not-joining-the-church-it-is-not-to/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading; every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/the-books-which-help-you-most-are-those-which-make-you-think-the-most/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/what-succeeds-we-keep-and-it-becomes-the-habit-of-mankind/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

> [Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/wit-has-its-place-in-debate-in-controversy-it-is-a-legitimate-weapon/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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