Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, or it may be quite low and insufficient; yet in all men, that really seek… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Manly natural religion - it is not joining the Church; it is not to believe in a creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian.… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
