Hosea Ballou

“Man is a creature of hope and fear.”

“The belief of a future state is a dictate of our reason.”

“The severest punishment a man can receive is to be deprived of the power of doing good.”

“Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their honesty or their courage.”

“Idleness is the parent of many vices.”

“Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”

“Tears of compassion are sacred things.”

“Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse.”

“Falsehoods are cheap, but truth is precious.”

“The heavens and the earth are not without a God.”

“The will of God is the creator of all things.”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise.”

“Actions, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell characters.”

“The government of God is the only government which can never be superseded.”

“The more we know of the laws of nature, the more we know of God.”

“It is not right to do that which is not right.”

“Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.”

“Hatred is a serpent that stings the heart of the possessor.”

“If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good.”

“Education is the cheap defense of nations.”