"Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer."
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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site.
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
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The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
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We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and…
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Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.
— Thomas Carlyle
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If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on…
— Benjamin Carson
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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and…
— Margaret Cho
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To keep the fire burning brightly there's one easy rule: Keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each…
— Unknown Author
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When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as…
— Dorothy Wordsworth
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Intelligent media companies strive to provide both intellectual and comedy programs, groundbreaking and reflective articles, art house and popular movies.…
— Lachlan Murdoch
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If vitality gives a man's perspectives color, if community bonds give them breadth, if awareness of the land makes them…
— Unknown Author
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If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can;…
— Aesop
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The richest person in the world - in fact. All the riches in the world - couldn't provide you with…
— Malcolm Forbes
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