Best Hosea Ballou Sayings
- The eye is inlet to the soul. Eye
- There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents. Advocate
- There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner. Kindness
- Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. Elsewhere
- Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained. Attempt
- Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. Borne
- Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion. Clothed
- Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless. Emptiness
- Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness. Inspirational
- Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and… Commence
- Obedience sums up our entire duty. Duty
- We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. Inspirational
- A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author. Author
- As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. Avoidance
- Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Cheap
- The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought. Add
- No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. Asset
- Everything in the world exists to end up in a book. Book
- Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. Age
- There is no such things as est in the world of individuals. Individuals
- Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. Doubt
- Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is...always an enemy to happiness. Enemy