To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life. William Ellery Channing
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing
Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. William Ellery Channing
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. William Ellery Channing
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. William Ellery Channing
It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. William Ellery Channing
The more a person analyzes his inner self, the more insignificant he seems to himself. This is the first lesson of wisdom. Let us be humble, and we will become wise. Let us know our weakness, and it will give us power. William Ellery Channing
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent. William Ellery Channing
Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. William Ellery Channing