William Ellery Channing's Quotes

William Ellery Channing's Quotes 16

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to...

The world is governed by opinion.

Life has a higher end than to be amused.

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Every mind was made for growth for knowledge and its nature is sinned...

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the...

No power in society no hardship in your condition can depress you keep you...

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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and...

The great hope of society is in individual character.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used not to...

The office of government is not to confer happiness but to give men the...

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

The mind in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend but...