Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballouwas an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth30 April 1771
CountryUnited States of America
humility heart pride
How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
compassion punishment discipline
That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.
religious men joy
A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
rage imbecility
Rage is mental imbecility.
age age-and-aging forty
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
best
There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.