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I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#cork #i #inward #knocks #must

Theology is a science of mind applied to God. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#god #mind #science #theology

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#makes #rich #take #up #us

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#heart #makes #man #rich

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#friends #laugh #may #more #much

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#human #human life #life #mirth #offered

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#instrument #life #riches

The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever. ↗

— Maurice Hinchey

#american #any #citizenry #companies #conscience

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#common #common sense #next #philosophy #sense

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#away #awhile #birds #bring #come