Author: William Ellery Channing

Quotes

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

- William Ellery Channing

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

- 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

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

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

- William Ellery Channing

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

- 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

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

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