Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the common light which the sun sends into all our windows, which he pours freely, impartially over hill and valley, which kindles daily the eastern and western sky; and so the common lights of reason, and conscience, and love, are of more worth and dignity than the rare endowments which give celebrity to a few.
William Ellery ChanningOne of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.
William Ellery ChanningEvery human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
William Ellery ChanningIt is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
William Ellery Channing