Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so. Theodore Parker More Quotes by Theodore Parker More Quotes From Theodore Parker What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in summer the meadow into grass and dandelions and violets, with geraniums and manifold sweetness. Theodore Parker summer joy book Nature is God's Old Testament. Theodore Parker testament old-testament nature All men desire to be immortal. Theodore Parker immortal desire men Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. Theodore Parker strong business religious Pride is both a virtue and a vice. Theodore Parker virtue vices pride The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul. Theodore Parker fool body soul Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols. Theodore Parker religious idols men The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. Theodore Parker honest labor home Great success is a great temptation. Theodore Parker great-success temptation Such a large sweet fruit is a complete marriage, that it needs a very long summer to ripen in and then a long winter to mellow and season it. Theodore Parker summer winter sweet Humanity is the Son of God. Theodore Parker humanity son Science is the natural ally of religion. Theodore Parker allies science-and-religion natural Religion without joy-it is no religion. Theodore Parker joy Did not Jesus say, resist not evil — with evil? Is not war the worst form of that evil. Theodore Parker form evil war You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king. Theodore Parker cat kings beauty Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in. Theodore Parker sacrifice desire laughing The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life. Theodore Parker passports satisfaction life-is I am conscious of eternal life. Theodore Parker eternal-life immortality conscious I look through the grave into heaven. Theodore Parker immortality heaven looks Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry. Theodore Parker lines mother father
