"Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is…" — Henry Ward Beecher

"Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism."

— Henry Ward Beecher

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556 Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher has 556 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to…
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point…
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the…
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of…
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is…
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds…

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More Demonism Quotes

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His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five… — Thomas Jefferson
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing… — Thomas Jefferson
(Those who) impute such actions to God, as make Him resemble the worst of beings, and so run into downright… — Matthew Tindal
If one defends the bourgeois, philistine virtues, one does not defend them merely from the demonism or bohemianism of the… — Lionel Trilling

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