"The essential and unbounded mercy of my Creator is the foundation of my hope, and a broader and surer the universe ca…" — William Ellery Channing

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The only security of all is in a free press

Source: Letter to Lafayette (Nov. 4, 1823)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

In every burning heart, in everything that hopes and fears and is, Love is the creative presence, the centre, the source of life, yea Life itself; yea, God himself!

Source: Salted With Fire (1897)

I am large, I contain multitudes.

Source: Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself (1892 edition)

William Ellery Channing Quote

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