Best Henry Ward Beecher Thoughts
- Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed. Agnosticism
- Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it. Character
- Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Children
- The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak. Business
- No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him. Benefit
- Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with… All
- Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows… Character
- Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Bear
- The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith. Civilization
- Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down. Break
- A man that does not love praise is not a full man. Doe
- Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are… Ammunition
- Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper. Amount
- A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him. Door
- Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. Law
- Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large… All
- It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to… Get Rid
- Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few… Animal
- When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce. Compact
- Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh. Abuse
- The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. Beast
- None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn. Love
- Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. Break
- It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. Conflict
- We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings… Acts
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