Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie. William Ellery Channing More Quotes by William Ellery Channing More Quotes From William Ellery Channing Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. William Ellery Channing take-a-chanceformlove The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot. William Ellery Channing rightsfeetmen 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. William Ellery Channing wisemenbook 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. William Ellery Channing readingspiritualgod Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life. William Ellery Channing simplefeelingslove 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. William Ellery Channing confidencedepressingattitude Be true to your own highest convictions. William Ellery Channing being-trueconvictionhighest The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush. William Ellery Channing crushhatewinning In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition. William Ellery Channing truth-isrunninglong Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. William Ellery Channing judgingspiritualmind Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach. William Ellery Channing influenceresponsibilitylife Books are true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. William Ellery Channing racespiritualbook Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life William Ellery Channing motivationhappinessinspirational The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own. William Ellery Channing voicestrongtruth It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge. William Ellery Channing unexpectedstudyinteresting 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. William Ellery Channing reflectionprayermemories Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused. William Ellery Channing gratefulfunlife To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life. William Ellery Channing free-willconsciencestrikes Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life William Ellery Channing soulcharacterlying The great hope of society is in individual character William Ellery Channing great-hopeindividualcharacter
