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Self-respect is the best of all.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Respect
Best
Self

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.
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It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
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Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.
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Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
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Envy may justly be called the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.
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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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Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.
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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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A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
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There is no immunity from the consequences of sin punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
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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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The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its character is that of mercy, it has the image of Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
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Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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