Henry Ward Beecher

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"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors."	Reading
"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors."	Anti-God, Books
"A door that seems to stand open must be a man's size, or it is not the door that Providence means for him."	Government, Fate
"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road."	Humor
"A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune."	Evil, Honesty, Men
"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."	Miscellaneous
"Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life."	Success, Law
"Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house."	Reading
"Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house."	Anti-God, Books
"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation."	Sin
"Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed."	Honesty, Truth
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."	Art
"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."	Government, Generosity
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."	Quotations
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."	Age, Faith
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."	Age, Memory, Men
"Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages."	Wisdom
"Faith is spiritualized imagination."	Faith
"God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how."	Success, Life
"God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with."	Anti-Religion, Adversity
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Anger	Anti-God	Anti-Religion
Art	Books	Dreams
Economics	Evil	Excellence
Experience	Faith	Fate
Forgiveness	Friends	Friendship
Generosity	Government	Greatness
Happiness	Honesty	Humor
Intentions	Joy	Knowledge
Laughter	Law	Lies
Life	Love	Memory
Men	Miscellaneous	Music
Nature	Prayer	Quitting
Quotations	Reading	Religion
Sanity	Sin	Strength
Success	Thanksgiving	Time
Truth	Wisdom