The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

—Henry Ward Beecher

About Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on the love of Christ has influenced mainstream Christianity...

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There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand 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

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

—Henry Ward Beecher

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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".

—Henry Ward Beecher

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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will; and the other from a strong won't.

—Henry Ward Beecher

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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

—Henry Ward Beecher

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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.

—Edward Abbey

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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

—Willa Cather

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.

—Sir Walter Scott

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

—Saint Bernard

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

—Publilius Syrus

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