Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
William Ellery Channing Author
Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Apr 7, 1780
Died: Oct 2, 1842
William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day. Channing's religion and thought were among the chief influences on the New England Transcendentalists, though he never countenanced their views, which he saw as extreme. The beliefs he espoused, especially within his "Baltimore Sermon" of May 5, 1819, at the ordination of a future famous theologian and educator in his own right, Jared Sparks, as the first minister of the newly organized "First Independent Church of Baltimore". Here he espoused his principles and tenets of the developing philosophy and theology of "Unitarianism" resulted in the organization later in 1825 of the first Unitarian denomination in America and the later developments and mergers between Unitarians and Universalists resulting finally in the Unitarian Universalist Association of America in 1961.
Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
knowledge
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
knowledge
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
happiness & success