The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
[Peace] is the highest and most strenuous act of the soul, but an entirely harmonious act, in which all our powers and… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the common light which the sun sends into all our windows, which he pours freely, impartially over hill and valley, which kindles daily the eastern and western sky; and so the common lights of reason, and conscience,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
No man receives the full culture of a man in whom the sensibility to the beautiful is not cherished; and there is no condition… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share
![“[Peace] is the highest and most strenuous act of the soul, but an entirely harmonious act, in which all our powers and affections are blending in a beautiful proportion, and sustain and perfect one another. It is more than the silence after storms. It is as the concord of all melodious sounds…” quote by William Ellery Channing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d4/william-ellery-channing-3428_affection_peace-is-the-highest-and-most-strenuous_1634171.jpg)
