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The law of heaven is love.
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A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.
— Hosea Ballou
Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.
— Hosea Ballou
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
— Hosea Ballou
Rage is mental imbecility.
— Hosea Ballou
Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.
— Hosea Ballou
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
— Hosea Ballou
Hatred is self-punishment.
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The eye is inlet to the soul.
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Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.
— Hosea Ballou
Self-respect is the best of all.
— Hosea Ballou
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
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No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.
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It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.
— Hosea Ballou
That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.
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None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.
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Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
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Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
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Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.
— Hosea Ballou
To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.
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Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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Mystery and innocence are not akin.
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How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
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Humanity , in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.
— Hosea Ballou
True repentance always involves reform.
— Hosea Ballou
There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.
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As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.
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The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.
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True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
— Hosea Ballou
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
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True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
— Hosea Ballou
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
— Hosea Ballou
Experience is retrospect knowledge.
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Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.
— Hosea Ballou
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
— Hosea Ballou
It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.
— Hosea Ballou
Obedience sums up our entire duty.
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There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.
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Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.
— Hosea Ballou
There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
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Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.
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There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
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Moderation is the key of lasting enjoyment.
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How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.
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Prosperity often presages adversity.
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Error is always more busy than truth.
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Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
— Hosea Ballou
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
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The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
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The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.
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Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.
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Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.
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The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.
— Hosea Ballou
Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
— Hosea Ballou
