Author: William Ellery Channing

Quotes

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

- William Ellery Channing

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

- William Ellery Channing

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

- William Ellery Channing

The great hope of society is in individual character.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

- William Ellery Channing

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

- William Ellery Channing

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

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

- William Ellery Channing

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

- William Ellery Channing

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

- William Ellery Channing

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

- William Ellery Channing

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