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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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Few things in this world more trouble people than poverty, or the fear of poverty and, indeed, it is a sore affliction but, like all other ills that flesh is heir to, it has its antidote, its reliable remedy. The judicious application of industry, prudence and temperance is a certain cure.
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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Obedience sums up our entire duty.
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.
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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
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If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.
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There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
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With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.
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It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of the masses the clear cerulean blue of heavenly truth.
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Experience is retrospect knowledge.
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True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
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The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
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Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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True repentance always involves reform.
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