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
people world affliction
Few things in this world more trouble people than poverty, or the fear of poverty; and, indeed, it is a sore affliction; but, like all other ills that flesh is heir to, it has its antidote, its reliable remedy. The judicious application of industry, prudence and temperance is a certain cure.
people benefits sin
Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.
lying people sometimes
There is no possible excuse for a guarded lie. Enthusiastic and impulsive people will sometimes falsify thoughtlessly, but equivocation is malice prepense.
people dowry embrace
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
freedom people important
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
honesty people littles
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.
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.