Quotes by Theodore Parker

As society advances the standard of poverty rises. (Theodore Parker)

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark. (Theodore Parker)

Humanity is the sin of God. (Theodore Parker)

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business. (Theodore Parker)

Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film. They advertise memories. (Theodore Parker)

Let us do our duty in our shop or kitchen; in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world. (Theodore Parker)

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected. (Theodore Parker)

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. (Theodore Parker)

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)

The miser, starving his brothers 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)