Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Tryon EdwardsThe great end of education is, to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
Tryon EdwardsQuiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.
Tryon EdwardsTo murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin
Tryon Edwards