Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

• There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

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• There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them – the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

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• There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

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• Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

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• The world’s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.

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• The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

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• The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.

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• The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

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• The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

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• The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

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• The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

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• The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

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• The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

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• The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

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• The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

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• The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

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• The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

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• The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

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• The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

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• Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

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Henry Ward Beecher (120)

Birth:	24th June, 1813
Death:	8th March, 1887
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Clergyman, Social Reformer

About

Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. He was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery. He graduated from Amherst College in 1834 and Lane Theological Seminary in 1837 before serving as a minister in Indianapolis and Lawrenceburg, Indiana. In 1847, he became the first pastor of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.

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