What did Hosea Ballou mean by: How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor! Hosea Ballou Copy
Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Application, Imperfection, Source, 0 Hosea Ballou
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Contentment, Seeking, Self-reliance, 0 Hosea Ballou
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Beauty, Joy, Nature, 0 Hosea Ballou
+ How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Humility, Pride, Religion, 0 Hosea Ballou
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Exaggeration, Exposure, Pretension, 0 Hosea Ballou
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Altruism, Gratitude, Satisfaction, 0 Hosea Ballou
Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Death, Serenity, Sleep, 0 Hosea Ballou
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Consequences, Punishment, Sinful, 0 Hosea Ballou
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France