The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand.… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
War is to be ranked among the most dreadful calamities which fall on a guilty world; and, what deserves consideration, it tends… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the… — 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 cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free… — 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… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
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,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
