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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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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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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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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.
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Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
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To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
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Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom.
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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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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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
William Ellery Channing
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.
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Home - the nursery of the Infinite.
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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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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
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