Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 29

• There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Angel, Men, Ideas

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.210

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• There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.

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  Book, Exercise, Air

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.27

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• We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive and proud mind is cold and obscure in style. An affectionate and imaginative nature pours out luxuriantly, and blossoms all over with ornament.

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  Style, Mind, Ornaments

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• Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Skins, Doctrine, Agnosticism

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.307

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• The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Eye, Civilization, Imagination

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.96

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• Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is nothing else to bear; and touching that cross, find that instead of taking away our strength, it adds thereto. Give us faith for darkness, for trouble, for sorrow, for bereavement, for disappointment; give us a faith that will abide though the earth itself should pass away--a faith for living, a faith for dying.

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  Disappointment, Giving, Touching

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Prayers in the Congregation”, p.88

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• I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be hung up in the Lord's wardrobe, the door of which was to be shut, so that no dust could get at them. A coat that is not used the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted, the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

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  Christian, Men, Dust

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• A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Cobwebs, Strain

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• His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him, though it has wearied man.

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  Prayer, Men, Doe

  Henry Ward Beecher, Augusta Moore (1859). “Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, with a Sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture Room”, p.67

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• The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.

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  Needs, Christ, Intolerance

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• People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.

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  Compassion, Fire, Feet

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• If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state in which he ought to be changed into a mummy.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Want, States

  Henry Ward BEECHER (1862). “Royal Truths, etc”, p.27

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• I read for three things; first, to know what the world has done the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do today; second, for the knowledge that I specially want in my work; and third, for what will bring my mind into a proper mood.

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  Reading, Mind, Twenties

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• A dull ax never loves grindstones.

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  Boredom, Dull, Grindstone

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.195

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• Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.

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  Lying, Men, Order

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and ears”, p.389

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• Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.

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  Happiness, Laughter, Oil

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Royal truths”, p.241

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• Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

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  Character, Men, Circles

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.128

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• In the morning, we carry the world like Atlas; at noon, we stoop and bend beneath it; and at night, it crushes us flat to the ground.

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  Crush, Morning, Night

  Henry Ward Beecher (1860). “Life thoughts”, p.43

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• Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Destiny, Men, Long

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• A woman's pity often opens the door to love.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Doors, Pity

  Henry Ward Beecher (1875). “Norwood, Or, Village Life in New England”, p.277

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• When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and pity, and wonder. If we receive news, that a hundred thousand dollars had been left them by some one dying, we should be thrown into an ecstasy of rejoicing; but when they have gone home to God, we stand, and mourn, and pine, and wonder at the mystery of Providence.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Home, Grieving

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 52, 1895.

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• Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.

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  Prayer, Real, Men

  Henry Ward BEECHER (1865). “Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: a collection of memorable passages from the discourses of H. W. Beecher. With a sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture-Room, by Augusta Moore. New edition, revised, and greatly enlarged [of the second series of “Life Thoughts”].”, p.67

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• I never know how to worship until I know how to love.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  How To Love, Worship, Know How

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.19

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• Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.

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  Morality, Accompany

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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• I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It throws its black shadow on you, and you are not at a loss where to strike. But vanity is that delusive, that insectiferous, that multiplied feeling, and men that fight vanities are like men that fight midges and butterflies. It is easier to chase them than to hit them.

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  Butterfly, Fighting, Pride

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.145

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