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

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

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

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

The great hope of society is in individual character.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

- William Ellery Channing

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

- 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

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

- 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

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