Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nations flag, sees not the flag only, but the nation itself and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the nation that sets it forth.Henry Ward Beecher
Fear secretes acids but love and trust are sweet juices.
Henry Ward Beecher
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
Henry Ward Beecher
If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.
Henry Ward Beecher
Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.
Henry Ward Beecher
A tool is but the extension of a mans hand and a machine is but a complex tool and he that invents a machine augments the power of man and the well-being of mankind.
Henry Ward Beecher
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