"God fills the gaps of human need, Each……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed."
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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 the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!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 generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil…
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
— Francis Bacon
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of…
— Walter Bagehot
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Every day brings new choices.
— Martha Beck
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human…
— Alfred Adler
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