Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
anger soul bitterness
The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
greatness arrogant true-greatness
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
business war gambling
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
life fear atheism
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.
sweet war wine
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
dull may praying
O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life, that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round.
passion yield evil
The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature.
compassion feet fire
People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.
mind empty vermin
The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin.
laughter oil medicine
Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.
past roots tree
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
prayer wine inward
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.
war keeping-secrets half
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
sarcasm race monkeys
The monkey is an organized sarcasm upon the human race.