We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. - William Channing Quotes
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. William Channing
 American Writer Ignorance

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The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vainIf learning's altar vanish from the plain. - William Channing Quotes

The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vainIf learning's altar vanish from the plain.

William Channing

 
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself - William Channing Quotes

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

William Channing

 
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth. - William Channing Quotes

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.

William Channing

 Men
It [the soul] is truly an image of the infinity of God, and no words can do justice to its grandeur. - William Channing Quotes

It [the soul] is truly an image of the infinity of God, and no words can do justice to its grandeur.

William Channing

 God
Literature -- the expression of a nation's mind in writing. - William Channing Quotes

Literature -- the expression of a nation's mind in writing.

William Channing

 Expression
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. - William Channing Quotes

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.

William Channing

 Adversity Difficulty
To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life. - William Channing Quotes

To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life.

William Channing

 Conscience
No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within. - William Channing Quotes

No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within.

William Channing

 Brotherhood
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. - William Channing Quotes

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

William Channing

 American Writer Government
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach. - William Channing Quotes

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

William Channing

 American Writer
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