Every 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.
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Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.William Ellery Channing
I call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of society, which does not cower to human opinion, which feels itself accountable to a higher tribunal than man's, which respects itself too much to be the slave of the many or the few.
William Ellery Channing
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
William Ellery Channing
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
William Ellery Channing
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
William Ellery Channing
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
William Ellery Channing
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