The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life. Theodore Parker More Quotes by Theodore Parker More Quotes From Theodore Parker Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so. Theodore Parker truthsidesease What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind. Theodore Parker succeedhabitsuccess Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself. Theodore Parker lowsmenfall Remorse is the pain of sin. Theodore Parker remorsepainsin All the spaces between my mind and the mind of God are full of truths waiting to be crystallized into laws for the government of the masses. Theodore Parker governmentspacelaw No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue. Theodore Parker hopefuldespairlong For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. Theodore Parker greatnesskingsyears Wealth and want equally harden the human heart... Theodore Parker wealthwantheart Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive. Theodore Parker debateoffensiveweapons The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss. Theodore Parker lossmenmean Be not familiar with the idea of wrong, for sin in fancy mothers many an ugly fact. Theodore Parker uglymotherideas The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth. Theodore Parker greatnessracemen The great man is to be the servant of mankind, not they of him. Theodore Parker mankindgreatnessmen In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study. Theodore Parker greatnessmenworld Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind. Theodore Parker justicemenideas The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand. Theodore Parker bodymenhands Marriages are best made of dissimilar material. Theodore Parker materialsmarriagemade The most useful is the greatest. Theodore Parker greatness The miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin had no religion at all; and it would be an insult to say that he believed in the popular theology of his time, or of ours, for I find not a line from his pen indicating any such belief. Theodore Parker linesreligiousmen Applying good sense to religion and religion to life. This is the field in which I design to labor Theodore Parker designfieldslabor
