Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion. Hosea Ballou More Quotes by Hosea Ballou More Quotes From Hosea Ballou As the sun's rays will irradiate even the murky pool, and make its stagnant waters to shine like silver, so doth God's goodness and tender mercy, towards the greatest sinner, and the blackest heart, make his own image visible there! Hosea Ballou shining heart water The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard. Hosea Ballou honest eye soul Self-respect is the best of all. Hosea Ballou self-respect respect self Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear. Hosea Ballou prosperity cost pride Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. Hosea Ballou exaggeration-is relation blood There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner. Hosea Ballou kindness said needs Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. Hosea Ballou repose vain elsewhere Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained. Hosea Ballou easier teaching littles Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. Hosea Ballou tolerance years Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless. Hosea Ballou sap laziness tree Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness. Hosea Ballou liberality judgment should Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and end only at the tomb. Hosea Ballou obedience social law Obedience sums up our entire duty. Hosea Ballou obedience duty The eye is inlet to the soul. Hosea Ballou eye soul There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it. Hosea Ballou doctrine religious practice Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice. Hosea Ballou creeds practice doubt Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. Hosea Ballou repeats tradition facts A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. Hosea Ballou affliction wise joy Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep. Hosea Ballou welcome serenity sleep True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. Hosea Ballou spontaneous emulation charity
