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“It has been said that science is opposed to, and in conflict with revelation. But the history of the former shows that the greater its progress, and the more accurate its investigations and results, the more plainly it is seen not only not to clash with the latter, but in all things to confirm it. The very sciences from which objections have been brought against religion have, by their own progress, removed those objections, and in the end furnished full confirmation of the inspired Word of God.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 506.

“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”

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“Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 442.

“The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves – our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 517.

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

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, pp. 11–12.

“Hell is truth seen too late — duty neglected in its season.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 225.

“Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past – the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 483.

“Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 2

“Facts are God’s arguments : we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.”

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Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 162.

“Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food – the way to get life out of it.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 86.

“Temperance is to the body what religion is to the soul, the foundation and source of health and strength and peace.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 567.

“Have something to say; say it; and stop when you’ve done.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 51.

“Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 26.

“He is one of the noblest conquerors who carries on a successful warfare against his own appetites and passions, and has them under wise and full control.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 512.

“This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 103.

“Never be so brief as to become obscure.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 52.

“Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 562.

“There is often as much independence in not being led, as in not being driven.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 253.

“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.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 465.

“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws – a thing which can never be demonstrated.”

Tryon Edwards

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 165.