Theodore Parker
Theodore Parker
Theodore Parkerwas an American Transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth24 August 1810
CountryUnited States of America
Theodore Parker quotes about
life success school
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.
heart men practice
To obtain a knowledge of duty, a man is not sent away, outside of himself, to ancient documents; for the only rule of faith a practice, the Word, is very nigh him, even in his heart, and by this word he is to try all documents.
humanity sin
Humanity is the sin of God
religious men idols
Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.
allies natural science-and-religion
Science is the natural ally of religion.
divine-order body preservation
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.
soul body fool
The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul.
joy
Religion without joy-it is no religion.
war evil form
And war-the worst form of evil!
son humanity
Humanity is the Son of God.
men mankind
No man is so great as mankind.
men desire immortal
All men desire to be immortal.
men years selfishness
Did the mass of men know the actual selfishness and injustice of their rulers, not a government would stand a year. - The world would foment with revolution.
sacrifice laughing desire
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.