William Ellery Channing

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity

Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him

What is mysterious, secret, unknown, cannot at the same time be known as an object of faith

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man

“Literature - the expression of a nation's mind in writing

There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom

Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it

Christianity is not only confirmed by miracles, but is in itself, in its very essence, a miraculous religion

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie

The only God whom our thoughts can rest on, our hearts cling to, and our conscience can recognize, is the God whose image dwells in our own souls

Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life

It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished