Henry Ward Beecher

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"There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs."	Anti-God, Books
"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
"I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more."	Quotations
"Faith is spiritualized imagination."	Faith
"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
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."	Government, Forgiveness
"The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government."	Government
"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."	Happiness
"Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it."	Laughter
"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
"Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself."	Music
"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."	Prayer
"No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."	Economics, Sanity
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."	Government, Excellence
"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."	Government, Generosity
"Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry."	Anger
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"	Anti-God, Books
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