John Greenleaf Whittier: Quotes about heart

John Greenleaf Whittier was American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery. Explore interesting quotes on heart.
John Greenleaf Whittier: 94 quotes2 likes

“All hearts confess the saints elect,
Who, twain in faith, in love agree,
And melt not in an acid sect
The Christian pearl of charity!”

John Greenleaf Whittier

Snow Bound, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on,
And Maud was left in the field alone.
But the lawyers smiled that afternoon,
When he hummed in court an old love-tune.”

John Greenleaf Whittier Maud Muller

Maud Muller (1856)

“Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.”

John Greenleaf Whittier

Mary Garvin, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother;
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.”

John Greenleaf Whittier Worship

Worship, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Strike! Thou the Master, we Thy keys,
The anthem of the destinies!
The minor of Thy loftier strain,
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain —
"Thy will be done!"”

John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 513