The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.
Henry Ward BeecherThe great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God.
Henry Ward BeecherMirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying.
Henry Ward Beecher