Collected Meditations
Showing 17 quotesFrom the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.— John Greenleaf Whittier
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.— John Greenleaf Whittier
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.— John Greenleaf Whittier
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.— John Greenleaf Whittier
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Power
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.— John Greenleaf Whittier
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Good