The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom,… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
