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William Ellery Channing Quotes

William Ellery Channing quotes

American Writer April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842

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William Ellery Channing quote: "Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature..."
Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. William Ellery Channing
It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge. William Ellery Channing
I call that mind free, which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography."
One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "God is another name for human intelligence raised above all..."
God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "The great hope of society is in individual character."
The great hope of society is in individual character. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything..."
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. William Ellery Channing
The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush. William Ellery Channing
Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "The home is the chief school of human virtues."
The home is the chief school of human virtues. William Ellery Channing
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 Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "Every man is a volume if you know how to read him."
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human..."
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with..."
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds... William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it..."
Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. William Ellery Channing

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