William Henry Channing

thumb|William Henry Channing William Henry Channing (May 25, 1810 – December 23, 1884) was an American Unitarian clergyman, writer and philosopher. Quotes To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion: to he worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to have an oratory in my own heart, and present spotless sacrifices of dignified kindness in the temple of humanity; to spread no opinions glaringly out like show-plants, and yet leave the garden gate ever open for the chosen friend and the chance acquaintance: to make no pretenses to greatness; to seek no notoriety; to attempt no wide influence; to have no ambitious projects; to let my writings be the daily bubbling spring flowing through constancy, swelled by experiences, into the full, deep river of wisdom; to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never; … in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony. "Symphony", in Memoir of William Henry Channing (1886) by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, p. 166. External links Category:People from Boston Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:Clergy Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Christian socialists Category:Socialists from the United States Category:Translators from the United States Category:Unitarians from the United States Category:Activists from the United States Category:Women's rights activists Category:1810 births Category:1884 deaths