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The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal
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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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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A man may quarrel with himself alone that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.
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Our affections are our life. We live by them they supply our warmth.
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity thoughts of the blessed companionship of saints and angels, trust in God as the friend of truth and virtue,--these are the states of mind in which I should live.
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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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I am a living member of the great family of all souls.
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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness
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Home - the nursery of the Infinite.
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The domestic relations precede, and in our present existence are worth more than all our other social ties. They give the first throb to the heart, and unseal the deep fountains of its love. Home is the chief school of human virtue. Its responsibilities, joys, sorrows, smiles, tears, hopes, and solicitudes form the chief interest of human life.
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An earnest purpose finds time, or makes it. It seizes on spare moments, and turns fragments to golden account.
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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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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.
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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
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Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.
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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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