Nature would be scarcely worth a puff of the empty wind if it were not that all Nature is but a temple,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Take from the Bible the Godship of Christ, and it would be but a heap of dust. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many will say, "I can find God without the help of the Bible, or church, or minister." Very well. Do so if… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men of dissolute lives have little incentive to look forward to the hopes and glories of immortality. A due conception of these… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
