Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballouwas an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth30 April 1771
CountryUnited States of America
law luck littles
To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.
love law heaven
The law of heaven is love.
law obedience social
Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and end only at the tomb.
law honor remedy
As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.
character children education hearsay spoken tends toward within word
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character
doubt incentive inquiry patient
Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.
parent brevity-of-life brevity
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction....
Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.
best
There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.
age age-and-aging forty
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
prayer tests enterprise
Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer.
judgment should liberality
Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
kindness way speak
With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.
oblivion injury altars
Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.