Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

American - Clergyman | June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

Henry Ward Beecher

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It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

Henry Ward Beecher

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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

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MomentPainPoisonThoughPatiently

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

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LifeEndInstrumentRiches

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

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NatureGoodWisdomKnowledgeMoney

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

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WorldEasyYouPlaceKnowHard

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

Henry Ward Beecher

GodBirdsFlyLongNothingRoof

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

Henry Ward Beecher

CommunityRichYouPoorOutCannot

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

Henry Ward Beecher

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