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Tryon Edwards quotes: We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living. We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it
Tryon Edwards quotes: Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result. Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.
Tryon Edwards quotes: He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
Tryon Edwards quotes: There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven. There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.
Tryon Edwards quotes: He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil. He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man. Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.
Tryon Edwards quotes: To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin
Tryon Edwards quotes: Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul. Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
Tryon Edwards quotes: Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth. Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth.
Tryon Edwards quotes: To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better. To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.
Tryon Edwards quotes: No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity. No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others. Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.
Tryon Edwards quotes: All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty. All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.
Tryon Edwards quotes: To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!
Tryon Edwards quotes: Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path. Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life. Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season. Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.
Tryon Edwards quotes: What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost. What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety. Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind. Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.
Tryon Edwards quotes: The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others. The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
Tryon Edwards quotes: We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven. We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better. Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.
Tryon Edwards quotes: High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God. Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic. Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Tryon Edwards quotes: This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living. This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
Tryon Edwards quotes: One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Tryon Edwards quotes: To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument. Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.
Tryon Edwards quotes: True art is reverent imitation of God. True art is reverent imitation of God.
Tryon Edwards quotes: My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work. My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.
Tryon Edwards quotes: To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power. To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past. Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
Tryon Edwards quotes: We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience. We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience.
Tryon Edwards quotes: People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
Tryon Edwards quotes: If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others. One who ceases to learn cannot adequately teach. If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others. One who ceases to learn cannot adequately teach.
Tryon Edwards quotes: He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow. He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
Tryon Edwards quotes: Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths. Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.
Tryon Edwards quotes: There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.
Tryon Edwards quotes: True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us. True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

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