Hosea Ballou Quotes
Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and end only at the tomb.



Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.



As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.



A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.



Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.



There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.



Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.



Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.



If our Creator has so bountifully provided for our existence here, which is but momentary, and for our temporal wants, which will soon be forgotten, how much more must He have done for our enjoyment in the everlasting world?








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