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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
William Ellery Channing
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William Ellery Channing
Age: 62 †
Born: 1780
Born: April 7
Died: 1842
Died: October 2
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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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All that we do outwardly is but the expression and completion of our inward thought. To work effectively, we must think clearly to act nobly, we must think nobly.
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The sin that now rises to memory as your bosom sin, let this first of all be withstood and mastered. Oppose it instantly by a detestation of it, by a firm will to conquer it, by reflection, by reason, and by prayer.
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But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.
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We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.
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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
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Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?
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Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.
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The miracles of Christ were studiously performed in the most unostentatious way. He seemed anxious to veil His majesty under the love with which they were wrought.
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Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually.
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Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.
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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
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In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition.
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A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.
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God be thanked for books they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
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