The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul. — Theodore Parker Body Copy Share Image
“Everything gives way to money, and money gives way to nothing, neither to man nor to God.” — Theodore Parker God Copy Share Image
Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe. — Theodore Parker Cold Copy Share Image
Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people. — Theodore Parker Democracy Copy Share Image
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. — Theodore Parker Generosity Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Character Copy Share Image
Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive. — Theodore Parker Controversy Copy Share Image
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. A great book that comes from a great… — Theodore Parker Book Copy Share Image
For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. — Theodore Parker Christendom Copy Share Image
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. — Theodore Parker Home Copy Share Image
Science, also, is most largely indebted to these beauty-loving Greeks, for truth is one form of loveliness. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Did the mass of men know the actual selfishness and injustice of their rulers, not a government would stand a year. -… — Theodore Parker Government Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to… — Theodore Parker Angelic Copy Share Image
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark. — Theodore Parker Cities Copy Share Image
Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be… — Theodore Parker Character Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.". — Theodore Parker Democracy Copy Share Image
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. — Theodore Parker Body Copy Share Image
The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never… — Theodore Parker Animal Copy Share Image
The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head. — Theodore Parker Asylums Copy Share Image
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in. — Theodore Parker Desire Copy Share Image
Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will… — Theodore Parker Affinity Copy Share Image
[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity… — Theodore Parker Betrayal Copy Share Image
What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in… — Theodore Parker Beauty Copy Share Image
Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not… — Theodore Parker Idols Copy Share Image
Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony… — Theodore Parker Aliens Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
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