Tryon Edwards Quotes

A collection of quotes by Tryon Edwards.

Tryon Edwards (1809-1894) was an American theologian, writer, and educator. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was the son of theologian Jonathan Edwards Jr. Tryon Edwards worked as a pastor and also published various works on theology and morality. He is best known for his compilation titled "The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors," which gathered insightful quotes and passages from various writers and philosophers. Edwards also served as a professor of rhetoric at Amherst College in Massachusetts. He left a significant impact on religious and philosophical thought during his lifetime.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.

To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and hea

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread they

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed,

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another -- too often ending in the loss of both.

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to f

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to you

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the comp

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and

Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes an

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or ex

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.