Quotes from Unitarian Universalists

"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

"No article in the faith is more central or basic than that of the sacredness of every other human being."- Duncan Howlett

"I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is an expression of his will."- William Ellery Channing

"A great grief has taught me more than any minister, and when feeling most alone I find refuge in the Almighty Friend." - Louisa May Alcott

"Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself." - Susan B. Anthony

"Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way."- Hosea Ballou

"No man ought to advertise in the midst of landscapes or scenery in such a way as to destroy or injure their beauty. . . It is outrageously selfish to destroy the pleasure of thousands for the sake of a chance of additional gain." - P.T. Barnum

"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better... I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind." - Clara Barton

"Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not bum until brought to a focus." - Alexander Graham Bell

"The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance-the idea that anything is possible." - Ray Bradbury

"The groves were God's first temples." - William Cullen Bryant

"If you violate Nature's laws, you are your own prosecuting attomey, judge, jury, and hangman." - Luther Burbank

"Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands moum." - Robert Bums

"Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the retum of the birds, and the early momings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song." - Rachel Carson

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