William Channing
William Channing
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The only God whom our thoughts can rest on, our hearts cling to, and our conscience can recognize, is the God whose image dwells in our own souls.
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Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.
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No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within.
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We grow by love . . . others are our nutriment.
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In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
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There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. These are periods when...to dare is the highest wisdom.
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The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, or incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
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He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks. But he is still great . . . .
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There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom.
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It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds. In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all.
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It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished.