Theodore Parker Quotes

"The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable."
-Theodore Parker in Soul quotes.

"The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty."
-Theodore Parker

"Humanity is the sin of God."
-Theodore Parker in Humanity quotes.

"Remorse is the pain of sin."
-Theodore Parker in Remorse quotes.

"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart."
-Theodore Parker

"Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in."
-Theodore Parker

"Who escapes duty, avoids a gain."
-Theodore Parker

"Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. Things refuse to be mismanaged long."
-Theodore Parker

"Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film. They advertise memories."
-Theodore Parker in Advertising quotes.

"Magnificent promises are always to be suspected."
-Theodore Parker