Theodore Parker

(1810–1860) Theologian

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Theodore Parker was a theologian, best known for A discourse of matters pertaining to religion.

Quick Facts About Theodore Parker

Born: August 24, 1810
Died: May 10, 1860
Profession: Theologian
Notable works: A discourse of matters pertaining to religion

About Theodore Parker

Theodore Parker was an American transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Theodore Parker · Page 5

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So…

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Being true

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What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head.

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Asylums

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Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people.

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Democracy

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Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in.

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God

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No man is so great as mankind.

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Mankind

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Intellect is stronger than cannon.

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Cannons

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It is not from the tall crowded workhouse of prosperity that men first or clearest see the eternal stars of heaven.

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Crowded

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“To make one half the human race consume its energies in the functions of housekeeper, wife and mother is a monstrous waste…

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Human race

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It takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.

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Christ

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Pride is both a virtue and a vice.

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Character

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Theodore Parker by topic

Men (30) Inspirational (12) Nature of man (10) Truth (9) Religion (9) Justice (9) Character (9) Mankind (8) Love (8) Humans (8)