Best William Ellery Channing Quotes
- To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… Act
- I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea. Boat
- The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would… Carried
- May your life preach more loudly than your lips. Inspirational
- The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as… Air
- Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other… All
- Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie. Anything Rather
- All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene. All
- How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. Amiable
- The great hope of society is in individual character. Character
- Error is discipline through which we advance. Advance
- Life has a higher end, than to be amused. Amused
- No one should part with their individuality and become that of another. Individuality
- The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but… Energy
- Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found… Character
- The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity. Better
- We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of… Blessings
- It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most… Authors
- It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. All
- Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its… Avail
- True love is the parent of humility Famous Love
- To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not,… Act
- To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… Act
- Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him. Breathed
- To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration.… Barrier