Theodore Parker Quotes

No Virtue Fades Out Of Mankind. Not Over-hopeful By Inborn Temperament, Cautious By Long Experience, I Yet Never Despair Of Human Virtue.

The Miraculous Revelation Of The Old Testament And The New, The Miracles Of Famous Men, Jews, Gentiles, Or Christians, — Then Franklin Had No Religion At All; And It Would Be An Insult To Say That He Believed In The Popular Theology Of His Time, Or Of Ours, For I Find Not A Line From His Pen Indicating Any Such Belief.

The Lottery Of Honest Labor, Drawn By Time, Is The Only One Whose Prizes Are Worth Taking Up And Carrying Home.

What Succeeds We Keep, And It Becomes The Habit Of Mankind.

The Duty Of Labor Is Written On A Man's Body: In The Stout Muscle Of The Arm,, And The Delicate Machinery Of The Hand.

Man Never Falls So Low That He Can See Nothing Higher Than Himself.

Self-denial Is Indispensable To A Strong Character, And The Highest Kind Comes From A Religious Stock.

All The Spaces Between My Mind And The Mind Of God Are Full Of Truths Waiting To Be Crystallized Into Laws For The Government Of The Masses.

Did Not Jesus Say, Resist Not Evil — With Evil? Is Not War The Worst Form Of That Evil.

Yet, If He Would, Man Cannot Live All To This World. If Not Religious, He Will Be Superstitious. If He Worship Not The True God, He Will Have His Idols.

For A Thousand Years No King In Christendom Has Shown Such Greatness Or Given So High A Type Of Manly Virtue.

Science Is The Natural Ally Of Religion.