Quotes from Nathanael Emmons

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. - As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next.

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.

Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality.

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.