Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Hosea Ballou (Universalist, minister)
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil’s propagation.
Hosea Ballou (Universalist, minister)
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way
Hosea Ballou (Universalist, minister)
If we admit that our Creator made us reasonable beings, we ought, of course, to believe that all the truth which is necessary for our belief is not only reasonable, but reducible to our understandings.
Hosea Ballou (Universalist, minister)
Heaven can be experienced here and now as well, when we treat one another with loving-kindness, justice and compassion.