Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.

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Theodore Parkerwas an American transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

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

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

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

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

No man is so great as mankind.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

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

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

The miser, starving his brother’s 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

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Humanity is the sin of God.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Theodore Parker

American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860)