The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss.
Theodore ParkerHe prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands.
Theodore ParkerCities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
Theodore Parker