“God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue.”

— William Ellery Channing, "Unitarian Christianity," address, 5 May 1819

About William Ellery Channing

1780 – 1842

American Unitarian preacher and writer.

“Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.”

“The plant grows in the mist and under clouds as truly as under sunshine; so does the heavenly principle within.”

“God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

“There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.”

“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”