Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret as an old friar would be without his hair girdle. They are commanded to cast their cares upon the Lord, but even when they attempt it, they do not fail to catch them up again, and think it meritorious to walk burdened.
Henry Ward BeecherA little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a manโs history. It is a manโs duty to have books.
Henry Ward BeecherThe imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
Henry Ward Beecher