“We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men.” MenSufferingLiteratureCausesTheoryTasteMassIntellectualFellowsDevotionDiscussionAbstractAttachmentOppressedFellow ManInjuredNo LoveSeducingInsulted Author:George Ripley
“The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation of external causes, but only the inward tendencies are called into action and clothed with strength.” MaySoulActionCausesGrowthCasesPropertyPlantTendenciesOperationsInward Book:Discourses on the philosophy of religion: addresses to doubters who wish to believe Source: Discourses on the philosophy of religion: addresses to doubters who wish to believe