"Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would……" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need."
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438 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has 438 quotes on this site.
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The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
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Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a…
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When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.
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There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of…
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Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images,…
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The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
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Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.
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All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.
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Learn to labour and to wait.
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Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the…
— Irving Babbitt
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As…
— Saint Basil
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Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of atheism…
— Annie Besant
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No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose…
— Cory Booker
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If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we…
— George Aiken
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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
— Joseph Brodsky
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I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.
— Charlotte Bronte
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
— Samuel Butler
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Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by…
— Tony Campolo
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He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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