Quotes
Quotes - Channing
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me;
If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.
I sing New England, as she lights her fire
In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright
Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night,
She still is there, the guardian on the tower,
To open for the world a purer hour.
Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.
My highway is unfeatured air,
My consorts are the sleepless stars,
And men my giant arms upbear--
My arms unstained and free from scars.
A wail in the wind is all I hear;
A voice of woe for a lover's loss.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony.
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
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.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Error is discipline through which we advance.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.
Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see.
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
