The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought
William Ellery Channing
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
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The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.
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Error is discipline through which we advance.
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aidthem to judge for themselves.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
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To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds.. In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual
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