128 Quotes by Theodore Parker

You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

Nature is God's Old Testament.

The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home.

Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker.

He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands.

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.