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
punishment judging prison
I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.
revenge punishment self
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
punishment mind done
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
compassion punishment discipline
That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.
punishment sin immunity
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
punishment self justice
Hatred is self-punishment.
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.