All virtue lies in individual ...

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
 William Ellery Channing

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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
Error is discipline through which we advance.
 William Ellery Channing
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
 William Ellery Channing
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
 William Ellery Channing
In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are often worse than those we assail.
 William Ellery Channing