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
war feelings action
See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.
emotional long feelings
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
feelings bows sometimes
Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not.
long feelings may
Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes; but no emotion any more than a wave can long retain its own individual form.
spring men feelings
Unfruitful emotion is to be suspected. Feeling acts as an impulse, as a spur, as a spring, and when feelings are excited, and they put nothing forward, they are sometimes even dangerous to a man.
men soul feelings
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones.
flower feelings relaxation
Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.
light soul feelings
The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.
compact himself man sells value
When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
next worst
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
good liar lie tells truths
Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
again expression flowers honest men others sad seem
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
flowers forgot god soul sweetest
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into
bell fear signal
Fear is a kind of bell ... it is the soul's signal for rallying.