Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. — 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
