There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven. Tryon Edwards More Quotes by Tryon Edwards More Quotes From Tryon Edwards Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! Tryon Edwards stupidityignorancenames Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. Tryon Edwards sacrificelosscommitment Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it Tryon Edwards contemplationdigestionway Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not Tryon Edwards doorshappinessheaven To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. Tryon Edwards businesseducationteacher High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. Tryon Edwards mindinspirationalcharacter Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life. Tryon Edwards common-sensesoundlife Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it. Tryon Edwards providencehonorway There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. Tryon Edwards accomplishablemind Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. Tryon Edwards guidancewisdompast Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety. Tryon Edwards safetyprocrastinationwisdom Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but the Greek for "ignoramus." Tryon Edwards inquiryignorancegreek True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty. Tryon Edwards enlightenedemotionheart Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result. Tryon Edwards easierresultsevil We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience. Tryon Edwards mistakenhonestevil The great end of education is, to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. Tryon Edwards learningeducationteacher Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God. Tryon Edwards our-actionsjudgmentsafe Never be so brief as to become obscure. Tryon Edwards obscurelive-bywriting The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny Tryon Edwards destinychoicesevil Some persons are exaggerators by temperament. They do not mean untruth, but their feelings are strong, and their imaginations vivid, so that their statements are largely discounted by those of calm judgment and cooler temperament. They do not realize that we always weaken what we exaggerate. Tryon Edwards strongimaginationmean
