"Every human being is intended to have a character of his or her own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do." ~William Ellery Channing
"Faith is love taking the form of aspiration" ~William Ellery Channing
"Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it." ~William Ellery Channing
"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life." ~William Ellery Channing
"Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth." ~William Ellery Channing
“The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, rapacity, and lust. If it only slew man, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey.” ~Channing
“…To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly … to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never … this is my symphony.” ~ William Henry Channing, Memoir of William Henry Channing,1886
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VERSE:
"To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury;
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable;
and wealthy, not rich;
to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly;
to listen to stars and birds,
to babes and sages,
with open heart;
to bear all cheerfully,
do all bravely,
await occasion,
hurry never;
in a word,
to let the spiritual,
unbidden and
unconscious grow up
through the common.
This is to be my symphony." ~William Ellery Channing
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