Sarah Josepha Hale - Mind Quotes

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There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.

Sarah Josepha Hale
Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.

Sarah Josepha Hale
Self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.

Sarah Josepha Hale
Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.

Sarah Josepha Hale
The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

Sarah Josepha Hale
Let no one understand me as speaking lightly of that [Westminster] Catechism. It was framed by good men, and doubtless with the best intentions. But there can be no perfect system of faith as expounded by men; and there should be no creed which requires the human mind to render its unqualified assent before it has examined and reflected.

Sarah Josepha Hale
The burning soul, the burden'd mind,
In books alone companions find.

Sarah Josepha Hale