“Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.”
William Ellery Channing“It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.”
William Ellery Channing“No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.”
William Ellery Channing“God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.”
William Ellery Channing“How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.”
William Ellery Channing“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.”
William Ellery Channing“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
William Ellery Channing