The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Compassion is an emotion of which we ought never to be ashamed. Graceful, particularly in youth, is the tear of sympathy, and the heart that melts at the tale of woe. We should not permit ease and indulgence to contract our affections, and wrap us up in a selfish enjoyment; but we should accustom ourselves to think of the distresses… — Hugh Blair Copy Share
As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
