There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.
Henry Ward BeecherI pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.
Henry Ward BeecherMirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
Henry Ward BeecherA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher