1810-1860, American Minister
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
Theodore Parker – [Poverty and The Poor]
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 – [Priorities]
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.
Theodore Parker – [Duty]
Let us do our duty, in our shop in our 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 depends 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 – [Duty]
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
Theodore Parker – [Self-respect]
Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.
Theodore Parker – [Judgment and Judges]
Politics is the science of urgencies.
Theodore Parker – [Politicians and Politics]
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Theodore Parker – [Remorse]
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.
Theodore Parker – [Self-denial]
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 – [Books and Reading]
We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.
Theodore Parker – [Treason]
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
Theodore Parker – [Heart]