"From the death of the old the new……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds."
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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 the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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More Creeds Quotes
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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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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
— Lord Acton
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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
— Ansel Adams
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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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There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.
— Jeb Bush
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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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