Quotes by Hosea Ballou

Hosea Ballou

Hosea Ballou

American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism''

Lived from: 1771 - 1852

Category: Theologians and clergy | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 april 1771 Died: 6 june 1852

  • A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
  • The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

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  • A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
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  • Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
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  • Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
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  • Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
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  • Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
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  • Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
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  • Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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  • Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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  • Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
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  • Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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  • Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
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  • Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
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  • Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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  • The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
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  • The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
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  • Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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  • Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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What are the most famous quotes from Hosea Ballou?

The two most famous quotes from Hosea Ballou are:

  • "A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page."
  • "Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness."

When did Hosea Ballou live?

Hosea Ballou was born in 1771 and died in the year 1852.