Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low. Love is the river of life in the world. Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
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