Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Henry Ward BeecherNot another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.
Henry Ward BeecherA noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
Henry Ward BeecherThe call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.
Henry Ward Beecher