James Martineau

“Religion is the devotion of the soul to the Supreme Being, not the fear of a tyrant in the sky.”

“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.”

“The conscience is the court of justice in the soul.”

“The great moments of life are but moments like the others.”

“Worship is the act of the soul aspiring towards its own ideal.”

“Conscience is the revelation of our duty.”

“Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.”

“Character is the habit of action from the permanent choices of the will.”

“The true use of history is to give value to the present hour and its duty.”

“God has so arranged the chronometry of our spirits, that there shall be thousands of silent moments between the striking hours.”

“Reserve is no more essentially connected with pride than passion is with lust.”

“The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development.”

“We do not make our thoughts; they grow in us.”

“No great thing is created suddenly.”

“The universe is the uttermost cipher of the highest truth.”

“Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.”

“We are each of us responsible for the evil we may have prevented.”