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 The union of men in large masses is indispensable to the development and rapid growth of the higher faculties of men. Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization whence light and heat radiated out into the dark cold world. Theodore Parker dark men civilization What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind. Theodore Parker succeed habit success Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself. Theodore Parker lows men fall Remorse is the pain of sin. Theodore Parker remorse pain sin 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 government space law 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 hopeful despair long For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. Theodore Parker greatness kings years Wealth and want equally harden the human heart... Theodore Parker wealth want heart Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive. Theodore Parker debate offensive weapons 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 loss men mean Be not familiar with the idea of wrong, for sin in fancy mothers many an ugly fact. Theodore Parker ugly mother ideas 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 greatness race men The great man is to be the servant of mankind, not they of him. Theodore Parker mankind greatness men In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study. Theodore Parker greatness men world Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind. Theodore Parker justice men ideas 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 body men hands Marriages are best made of dissimilar material. Theodore Parker materials marriage made 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 lines religious men Applying good sense to religion and religion to life. This is the field in which I design to labor Theodore Parker design fields labor
