Author: William Ellery Channing

Quotes

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 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

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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 home is the chief school of human virtues.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

- William Ellery Channing

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