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A bird in a cage is not half a bird.
Henry Ward Beecher
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We rejoice in God since he has taught us that every thing which is true in us, is but a faint expression of what is in him. And thus all our joys become to us the echo of higher joys, and our very life is as a dream of that nobler life, to which we shall awaken when we die.
Henry Ward Beecher
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
Henry Ward Beecher
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
Henry Ward Beecher
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.
Henry Ward Beecher
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth sorrows bring heaven down close and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
Henry Ward Beecher
The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.
Henry Ward Beecher
Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.
Henry Ward Beecher
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
Henry Ward Beecher
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
Henry Ward Beecher
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.
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It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong to human life. They are inevitable. Brooding only gives them strength.
Henry Ward Beecher
Our life is in the loom it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world then only shall we see the pattern.
Henry Ward Beecher
Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.
Henry Ward Beecher
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Henry Ward Beecher
We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity.
Henry Ward Beecher
There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
Henry Ward Beecher
This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.
Henry Ward Beecher
I never know how to worship until I know how to love.
Henry Ward Beecher
Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.
Henry Ward Beecher